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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Abandoned at the
gate
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The Department of Education
expects 20.7 million students to attend classes today, approximately
13.9 million in the elementary grades and the remaining 6.8 in high
school. College enrollment is expected to reach 400,000.
The number of students who will
not go to school, however, is deemed to be sizeable. First-time
enrollment in Grade One is expected to decline. The Manila Bulletin
on June 4 quoted Education Secretary Jesli Lapus saying that one
million six-year-olds will be left out when schools open June 10.
Many students scheduled to resume their classes at different grades
(elementary) and years (secondary) will not show up. Many secondary
graduates poised to join the college freshman class will miss
school. Plenty of no-shows, too, on other levels.
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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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POLICY
PEEK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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What to do about
high oil prices
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Filipinos are almost in a panic over rising prices of
gasoline, kerosene, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas and with good
reason. For months now, the price of a barrel of crude oil has been
rising steadily,...
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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Pass the baselines
bill
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On the plan to pass a baselines law, the stand of
Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. is correct. Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago
is wrong. Congress should pass the law pronto even if it would mean
incurring the ire of other countries...
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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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Living with asthma
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About 10 years ago, when I was in my mid-50s, I had
this chronic cough that refused to go away despite bottles after
bottles of cough syrup and antibiotics.
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FROM THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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I toured the White
House
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It was my good fortune to tour the White House during
my two-week visit to the US in August 2001, just a few days before
the 9/11 suicide bombing of the World Trade Center in New York.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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On the
unwinnability of the Iraq War
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I got a number of reactions to my column, “A black
man in the White House” published June 7. One of the most
comprehensive came from Juanito Fuerte, apparently writing from the
US using an AOL address....
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Happenings in
Denmark
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Danish nurses continue their almost two-month long
strike affecting the lives of thousands and thousands of patients
many of whom have had surgeries and treatments postponed due to the
strike.
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FEATURE
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As prices rise,
Americans turn to coupons, shopping lists
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WASHINGTON: Amid skyrocketing fuel and food prices,
consumers in the United States are hitting the breaks on spending
and even discovering the merits of home-grown food.
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