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Saturday, March 01, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Revoke EO 464
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President Arroyo should quickly
revoke EO 464. It doesn’t do her any good. It only makes her look
as if she is using it to suppress the truth.
She issued EO 464 in Sept. 26,
2005, to ban her Cabinet officials and military and police
commanders from appearing at congressional hearings without her
expressed permission. She justified her order, invoking the
separation of powers and the constitutional provision granting
executive privilege to the Chief Executive. She also cited the
“need to prevent such [congressional] inquiries in aid of
legislation from being used for partisan political purposes.”
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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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Bringing truth to
light
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The live Senate investigation of the anomalous
broadband deal continues to grab national attention. Last Tuesday
afternoon I didn’t want to miss the testimony of a witness so I
brought a pocket radio to school.
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ABOVE
ALL THINGS
By RAMON Mabutas JR.
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My father, his
mistress, our land
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Query: I am one of the three children of Ambrosio and
Benita Conde. During their lifetime, they bought two parcels of land
adjoining a river. After the death of Benita,...
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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A teacher
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Teaching is both a profession and a vocation and
should be able to form the hearts and minds of students.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Entrepreneurs:
Wilfredo Tan and Jose E.B. Antonio
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Today, I profile two more
entrepreneurs, Wilfredo Tan and Jose E.B. Antonio.
For as long as he can remember, Wilfredo Tan has always been into
business.
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LAW
AND PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q. Fernando
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Lessons from Edsa
1: A different perspective (2)
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All of the essential ingredients, which justified the
resort to people power, described the government of President
Corazon C. Aquino. These included massive government corruption...
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Clichés and bad
body English (Part Two)
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I am sharing with readers this reaction of US-based
reader Jun Castor to my column last week:
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Record budget
surplus to help Hong Kong growth
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HONG KONG: The Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region (HKSAR) government, with a record budget surplus in hand, is
trying to use taxpayers’ money to maintain sustainable economic
growth...
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