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Saturday, July 05, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Fascist esprit de
corps
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These last several years, a
Fascist esprit de corps has become vividly observable. If the
administration and its instrumentalities do not actually have a
Fascist mentality, then they at least have a tendency for fascism.
Fascistic acts by government
officials (including justice department prosecutors), by the police,
the military and some judges have distorted Philippine society. Its
shape has become so different from the democratic, human-rights and
human-dignity respectful republic that the Commonwealth Period and
the 1987 Constitutions both prescribe.
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O T H E R C O L U M N S A
N D F E A T U R E S
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THE
OTHER VIEW
By Elmer A. Ordoñez
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Filipino
volunteers in ‘La Guerra Civil’
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My parents who belonged to that Spanish-speaking
generation would talk occasionally about la guerra civil before the
onset of the war in Europe in 1939.
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ABOVE
ALL THINGS
By Ramon Mabutas Jr.
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Money laundering
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QUERY: I am an Indian businessman married to a
Filipino of Malaysian parentage. In view of the nature of my
business—dealing with construction materials—I often go in and
out of the country,...
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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The rocky road to
idiomatic English
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A United States-based reader, Frank A. Tucker, sent
me an online newspaper clipping in mid-June that carried this
provocative title: “Who’s afraid of Philippine English?” ...
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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SMC goes big in
farming; lousy local BMW service
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Two of Southeast Asia’s richest tycoons are
undertaking the biggest farm project in the Philippines at a cost of
$1 billion. They have signed an agreement to develop at least
million hectares of government land.
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LAW
AND PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q. Fernando
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Political
corruption revisited
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The recent World Bank study, wherein the Philippines
was dismally ranked to have the most corrupt government in East
Asia, has once more made abundantly clear the tremendous obstacles
that a developing country,...
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Protecting our
forests
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Fourth of seven parts
The law should provide a management scheme for the remaining open
and denuded forests for the purpose of restoration.
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ANALYSIS
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Recent Indonesian
raids may yield intelligence bonanza
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JAKARTA: Indonesian police have dealt another hammer
blow to Southeast Asia’s most feared terror network with raids
that yielded 10 suspects and a safe house full of bombs and
computers, analysts said.
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