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Monday, July 14, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Making a killing
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WITH last week’s surprise rollback, the public is wondering, where
were the oil companies’ supposed underrecoveries? Have they
suddenly evaporated the same way that people’s purchasing power
has diminished with every acceleration in inflation?
These questions are apt, as the price adjustment
came within days after oil hit fresh highs in the world market.
Usually, local retailers respond to such a surge by immediately
raising, and not reducing, prices at the pump.
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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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BIG
DEAL
By Dan Mariano
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Last days for auto
insurance buccaneers
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I have been driving a car that was neither my father’s nor my
older brother’s, but my own, since 1981. Through all that time I
have been paying annual premiums for a third-party liability (TPL)
insurance policy whenever I had my trusty chariot of the
moment—invariably second or third-hand—registered with the Land
Transportation Office (LTO).
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OPEN
NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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Roxas calls on DFA to adopt new rules
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THE erstwhile Philippine Representative to the United Nations Lauro
Baja is a career diplomat who has served his country
well—particularly during his distinguished tenure in the demanding
New York posting where he was able to push through many of the
diplomatic initiatives proposed by the Philippine government.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Would you do a
Michael Schiavo to your wife?
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Michael is the widower of Theresa Marie Schindler “Terri”
Schiavo, who died on March 31, 2005, after being judicially
executed—as her husband wanted.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Of tardiness and
perfect attendance
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Sen. Jamby Madrigal was the most tardy senator at the recently
concluded First Regular Session of the 14th Congress.
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DOUBLE
TAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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The Yamashita
Standard
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BEING commander-in-chief of the armed forces, the President is
necessarily responsible for every military or police strategy
utilized in their counter-insurgency or crime control programs.
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FEATURE
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Iran says talk of US attack ‘craziness’
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TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday dismissed speculation
that it risked being attacked by the United States over its
contested nuclear drive, saying that a military strike would be
“craziness.”
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LETTER
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Dole-outs and E-VAT
By P. A. Eugenio
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