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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Anchors awry
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MORE than 850 passengers and crew of the M/V Princess of the Stars
were declared missing on Saturday off the waters of Sibuyan Island
at the height of the powerful typhoon Frank. As surely as accusing
fingers will fly over the tragedy, Filipinos and the world can
expect that the Princess mishap would be forgotten in time by the
authorities, the victims and their families are not likely to get
justice, leaving the public to write the tragedy off as a lost
cause.
This national shame has happened many times
before. A big ship sinks during a storm or in pacific weather,
hundreds of passengers and crew lose their lives, an investigation
starts, the hearing takes an inordinate time, the decision pends, no
official report is made and amnesia develops over the case. The
shipping line casts off again for more profitable business.
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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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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Beijing Olympics
honors three Filipinos
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If you think that China is disappointed with the Philippines because
of the publicity over the ZTE deal, read this. The foreign office
has just received a report from Philippine envoy to China Sonia
Brady that Beijing will honor the Philippines by picking three
Filipinos to carry the Olympic torch.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Disaster management a
great disaster
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Philippine disaster management is a major disaster. Just look at how
government agencies coped with typhoon Frank, the most deadly to hit
the country this year.
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POLICY
PEEK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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Bad timing
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Why is it that a lot of road repairs and diggings are undertaken at
the last moment, until almost the start of classes, and when the
onset of the rainy season would surely put the work off track?
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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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The significance of
GMA’s US visit
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President Arroyo left Saturday for a 10-day working visit to the
United States highlighted by a meeting with President Bush at the
White House.
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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Is an Iran-Israeli
war possible?
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The stubbornness of Iran to heed the demand of the United States and
its western allies to shut down its uranium enrichment facilities
could force Israel to launch an air strike against its nuclear
sites.
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Denmark’s rough
edge
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Some years ago when my husband and I visited Vordingborg, the small
town in Denmark where I grew up, a neighbor had lost a gold fish
from the fish pond in her garden.
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ANALYSIS
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The UN is more than a talking shop
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Detractors often call the United Nations “a
talking shop,” home to 192 nations and where, it’s memorably
been said, “no issue is too small to be debated endlessly.”
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