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Saturday, June 28, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Charge the torturers
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The Arroyo administration is
perceived worldwide to be astonishingly corrupt and unable or
unwilling to apprehend wrongdoers. It is seen also to be insensitive
to the human rights abuses committed by rogue law enforcers and
military authorities whose favorite victims are leftists and
journalists who expose abuses and corruption.
The global consensus is that a
culture of impunity prevails in this country. Corrupt officials go
unchecked. Human rights abusers and perpetrators of extrajudicial
killings rarely come to grief.
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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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PETA as cultural
history
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The Philippines Educational Theater Association (PETA)
has made cultural history coming out with a thick (740 pages) and
well edited/designed book to mark its 40 years of existence.
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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The perils of
linguistic jaywalking
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At the urging of my wife Leonor, who thought that a
little TV exposure for me would perhaps help sell my two
English-usage books, I accepted an invitation to guest on June 24 in
The Explainer,...
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ABOVE
ALL THINGS
By Ramon Mabutas Jr.
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‘Throw the
ingrate out’
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Query: Barangay leaders, including kagawad, should be
righteous and responsible individuals, models of honesty and
integrity. The idea came to my mind after an ungrateful kagawad,...
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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New power brokers;
‘PO’ is gone
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If you are looking for plenty of
money, look no further.
Get in touch with the Chinese government and with the oil exporters.
Between them,...
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Protecting our
forests
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Third of seven parts
A mechanism for valuing and paying for the ecological services
provided by forests should be incorporated into the Sustainable
Forest Management Law. Forests are valuable in themselves.
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LAW
AND PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q. Fernando
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Basking in the
golden glow
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Having celebrated my birthday a few days ago and
having crossed the golden threshold a few years back have made me
realize that there are experiences in life the full meaning of which
can only be appreciated...
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FEATURE
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Darfur hopes dim
six months into United Nations peacekeeping
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EL GENEINA, Sudan: Six months after the peacekeeping
force in Darfur transferred to UN leadership, no new battalion has
deployed and enormous expectations among victims of the conflict are
beginning to fade.
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