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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Empty courts, overpopulated jails
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In a recent forum to dissect the problem of jail congestion in the
Philippines, statistics presented showed the gruesome overcrowding
in our penal institutions.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno said
that most Metro Manila jails exceed their capacity by as high as 132
to 295 percent. The Quezon City jail, designed to accommodate only
236 prisoners, houses 3,200 inmates, well below the international
standard of at least three square meters of space per inmate.
Putting 3,200 human beings in space meant for 236 amounts to human
rights abuse.
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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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Gordon: New Deal from
oil E-VAT
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Rather than give handouts or lift the expanded value-added tax
(E-VAT) on oil, Sen. Richard Gordon said, the government should
launch a “new deal” similar to the package of programs US
President Franklin D. Roosevelt adopted in the 1930s that cushioned
the effects and eventually reversed the Great Depression.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Christian unity this
Year of St. Paul
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Pope Benedict XVI’s long trip to Sydney reminds me of how St. Paul
traveled the known world of his time to bring Christ’s message to
the Gentiles.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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What now, Senate on
Epira?
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Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Miriam Defensor Santiago will lose
their face and the Senate will lose any moral ascendancy it has if
it follows the decision of the House to shelve the measure amending
the Electric Power Industry Act (Epira).
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FROM
THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Fare hike. Tcht!
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As a young(er) reporter covering the DFA in the mid-90s and earning
about P6,000 month before taxes, I had to carefully map the cheapest
route from home to work. The day’s commute shouldn’t cost me
more P60, otherwise I’d be in the red.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Where flat is top
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We want to more than believe that, indeed, the Philippines is the
“hottest real estate market” in Southeast Asia as some overly
excitable reports claim it is.
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Agriculture department reacts to our editorial
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PGMA reversed wrong rice policy
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While it may be true—as you pointed out in
your July 2 editorial “A second Green Revolution”—that
post-Marcos “Philippine administrations subsequently relegated
rice production from state priorities,” such official neglect was
reversed when the Arroyo government took over six years ago.
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LETTER
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Not up to human beings to end even vegetative life
By Juanito T. Fuerte
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