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Thursday, July 10, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Don’t tinker with
the E-VAT
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All Filipinos, except the rich,
are suffering from today’s grossly inflated prices of food, fuel
and commodities.
As usual, the poor, who make up about 40 percent of the population,
are suffering the most.
Good-hearted people, among them
the Catholic bishops, urge the government to take large steps to
alleviate the poor’s suffering. One of the suggestions—made with
urgency by the bishops, Leftist groups and populist politicians
(most notably Sen. Mar Roxas)—is to suspend the 12-percent
expanded value-added tax (E-VAT) temporarily on oil products.
Indeed, doing so would immediately drive down prices.
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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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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Romblon trip part
of Erap’s return bid
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Former President Joseph Estrada will be going to
Romblon this morning, Thursday. A bipartisan group will welcome the
popular ex-president in the island of Sibuyan where the sunken
Princess of the Stars is located.
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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Letter to the
President
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There is nothing so fantastic and so heartening than
a letter to the President of the Republic of the Philippines. It is
directly addressed to the highest and most powerful officer of the
land,...
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PROMETHEUS
BOUND
By Giovanni Tapang, Ph.D.
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The mathematics of
a fare hike
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IT is hard to write about oil prices nowadays because
most probably by this time this coming weekend another price hike
would have driven prices even higher. Due to the ever-increasing
price of gas and diesel,...
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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The value of
scientific research
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President Gloria Arroyo at-tended the program
commemorating the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean)
Science Week at the World Trade Center in Pasay City on Monday, ...
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America’s doors
are open, particularly
to Filipino students
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Given our wonderful, historical relationship,
how can we further forge our future together? My bureau, the Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs, has three ideas that we’ve
come up with, but what I really want to do,...
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LETTER
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Labor union lauds ‘Crusader’ Garcia
On his July 2 column, Mr. Dan Mariano raised two points against the
Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) chief Winston Garcia
being named by the Publishers Association of the Philippines Inc. as
its “Crusader of the Year”...
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