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EDITORIAL
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The Cabinet’s
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THE latest Cabinet meeting took longer than usual
because many members were absent or late. When President Gloria
Arroyo entered the Cabinet room, only Presidential Management
Staff Secretary Cerge Remonde was in his place. Where’s everybody?
the usually-prompt President asked.
Ma’am, most of the secretaries
texted they will come late because they are not using their cars or
service vehicles, Remonde replied.
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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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CENTER oF GRAVITY
By Rony V. Diaz
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Enhancing
intelligence
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It’s the stuff of
self-improvement books and articles in magazines like the Reader’s
Digest but until recently no one has produced experimental evidence
that it may be possible to train people...
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DURIAN
By Amina Rasul
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Mujahideen
hesitant to Cha-cha
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Early this year, former Peace
Adviser Jesus Dureza dangled federalism as a key to unlock the
deadlock in the GRP-MILF talks over the territory that would form
the ancestral domain.
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SUNDAY STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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The option less
painful
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Where are the local inventors
when we need them most? Where are the gadgets—those supposedly
magical and wondrous converters—that they claim can help engines
run on water? The sad truth is we want these...
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REFLECTIONS
By Fr. Shay Cullen
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Trafficking and
the need for global justice
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Joanna, 15, sat in the dim
restaurant weeping, her shoulders shook, she dabbed her eyes to wipe
away the flowing tears with tissues. Were they tears of joy at being
rescued from her cruel and vicious captors...
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A US temple where
faithful don’t have to believe in God
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NEW YORK: It looks more like a
theater than a church, there are no sacred symbols, and the faithful
who gather at this monumental Art Nouveau edifice believe deeply
that there is not necessarily a god.
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LETTER
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On the morning of May 18, a
Sunday, 50 percent of the immigration service booths at the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport (NAIA) immigration area were
empty.
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