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Monday, June 16, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Perpetuating a handicap
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FILIPINOS now are at their most bearish in more than a year if we
are to believe the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
In its latest Consumer Expectations Survey, the
BSP last week reported that respondents’ confidence about the
overall economy, their household finances and their incomes
registered a -43.8 percent, indicating that people with a negative
outlook outnumbered those with a positive outlook during the current
quarter.
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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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Bullying the business
community
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Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile’s severe treatment of the representatives
of the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce (JFCC) elicited at least
two views.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Nograles not giving
up on CARP extension
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Speaker Prospero Nograles Jr. is all locked up on passing a law
extending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) despite
the failure of the First Regular Session to enact one before the
adjournment sine die of the First Regular Session on June 11.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Do you care what
happens to the EU?
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AND do you care about abortion and gay-marriage rights? Or about
losing your chance to decide on laws affecting your life and turning
over that decision-making power to your congressmen? Do you care how
the Irish voted on the European Union’s Treaty of Lisbon?
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OPEN
NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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Father’s Day musings from Camille Villar
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WHENEVER Father’s Day approaches, Camille Villar—the only
daughter of one of the busiest men in the country—is often ribbed
by her friends as to how much of time she gets to spend with
Nacionalista Party chair and Senate President Manny Villar.
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DOUBLE
TAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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Bones of contention
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BARACK OBAMA delivered a policy speech dwelling on the Middle East
crisis at the anniversary convention of the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (Aipac) just one day after garnering the required
number of delegates for his Democratic nomination to the highest
elective position in America.
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Commonly held misinterpretations of our flag
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From their elementary days, millions of
schoolchildren are taught what the colors of the Philippine flag
stand for. The blue is for peace; the red bravery; and white purity.
These interpretations are actually not based on history.
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