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Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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SONA promises fulfilled
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Inveterate haters of President Gloria Arroyo complain that she never
fulfills her promises.
When asked to list all her unfulfilled promises, most will only be
able to name one: Her vow, made on December 30, 2002, in her Rizal
Day speech, not to seek the presidency in the 2004 election.
She has pledged to do many things in her seven
state of the Nation addresses (SONAs) since she gave the first one
in 2001. Soon, in the coming SONA on July 28, she will surely make
more promises.
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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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Why New Yorker, other US liberal media do
Rightists’ dirty work against Obama
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Our literary editor, Elmer Ordoñez (who writes the Saturday column
“The Other View”) received an e-mail from Dr. Epifanio San Juan,
who teaches literature at a university in the US East Coast, with
the article by Don Hazen “The Bad Frame: Why Are the New Yorker,
Salon and Other Liberal Media Doing the Right’s Dirty Work?”
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ANALYSIS
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Prisoner swap price may
be too high for Israel
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JERUSALEM: As Israel and Hezbollah prepare to
exchange prisoners, commentators in the Jewish state question
whether it is paying too high a price and risks bolstering its
arch-foes in the region.
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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Prior to SONA: Villar
reports to nation
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The Senate under Manuel Villar has been criticized for engaging in
too many congressional inquiries, especially during the height of
the ZTE controversy. But credit should go to the management style of
the leadership. It was able to come up with a number of bills during
its first regular session.
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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Prices rising
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The other title to this article is “To convert or not to
convert.” With the effective doubling of fuel prices, I am
referring to the conversion of vehicles to liquefied petroleum gas
(LPG) to save on gas. The cost of conversion ranges from P37,000 to
P60,000 depending on the type of vehicle.
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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Democratize access
to civil service tests
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The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority placed a
newspaper ad last week, inviting qualified candidates to apply for
175 high-paying executive positions in the agency.
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PROMETHEUS
BOUND
By Giovanni Tapang, Ph.D.
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Precursors
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Reading through the archives at the UP library, I came across a
pamphlet entitled “The Oil Problem in the Philippines,” written
by the Samahan ng mga Makabayang Siyentipiko (SMS, Association of
Patriotic Scientists) during the days of the Diliman Commune in the
University of the Philippines in 1971.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Banks taking losses,
charging them to equity
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You think Philippine banks are not affected by the ongoing subprime
mortgage crisis and bank failures in America? Think again.
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