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Saturday, July 26, 2008 |
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EDITORIALS
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Don’t postpone
ARMM election
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We laud Senator Richard Gordon for opposing
moves to postpone the elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) scheduled to be held on August 11. This stand
happens to be also that of all opposition figures who have spoken on
the subject—including Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr.
and Sen. Rodolfo Biazon.
Even pro-Palace politicians in the ARMM,
including the region’s Governor Zaldy Ampatuan, couched his
support for the postponement with the grand declaration that he
wholeheartedly backs the peace process between the government and
the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). He was saying in effect
that only because of Malacañang’s desire to finalize a deal with
the MILF is he willing to suffer the consequences of the
postponement of the election in which he is seen to be the
front-runner (since he is the incumbent). Deferment will give others
who want to become ARMM governor a better chance of beating Gov.
Ampatuan.
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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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“The youth will
not fail us”
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This was the message of Satur Ocampo in a memorable paper, “U.P.
will forge through risk-filled neoliberal terrain; so will militant
activism persists: An Outsider’s View of University of the
Philippines,” one of the U.P. Centennial Lectures series in
Diliman.
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ABOVE ALL
THINGS
By Ramon Mabutas Jr.
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Don Vicente
committed an injustice
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Query: Five years ago, Don Vicente and I entered into a
lease-tenancy contract—for me to till his three-hectare lot near
the beach. Our relationship went well for in the first two years.
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Doing battle with
bad English grammar
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In my new book, The 10 Most Annoying English Grammar Errors, I gave
the following sentence as an exercise in doing battle with footloose
modifiers: “When deciding on places to go to during your summer
vacation, it ultimately becomes a matter of how far your budget can
bring you.”
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Poverty worsening
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Bad news. Poverty incidence worsened from 30 percent of total
households in 2003 to 32.9 percent of households in 2006.
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LAW
AND PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q. Fernando
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The Catholic Church
and Divorce
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Another controversial issue, wherein the Philippine Catholic Church
again appears to be on the wrong side of the fence, is that of
divorce. Divorce is legally allowed in all countries, including
Catholic ones, except for the Philippines and Malta.
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Protecting our
forests
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Last of Seventh Parts
In summary, the reasons for the urgent need to
pass the Sustainable Forest Management Act are obvious.
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ANALYSIS
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Thai-Cambodia crisis
underscores Asean’s weakness
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SINGAPORE: Asean’s failure to come to grips
with the brewing Thai-Cambodia border conflict at ministerial talks
here has underlined the organization’s inability to take action
during a crisis, observers say.
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