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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Wise and shrewd
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Many of the key players on the different sides of the political
crisis engulfing our Republic have shown a great deal of wisdom.
Some have also been both wise and shrewd.
In the Senate
The senators who are frontrunners in the 2010
presidential are wisely and astutely saying they will not join the
call for President Arroyo to resign. To do that would be to prejudge
Mrs. Arroyo about her involvement—or acquiescence in and inaction
on—alleged corrupt dealings.
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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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Blind to other
oligarchs
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It is remarkable that little, if any, has been remarked about the
testimony of columnist Angelito Banayo before the Senate Blue Ribbon
Committee last month. Banayo was summoned to recount the details of
the “secret meeting” he, Jun Lozada, Senators Ping Lacson and
Jamby Madrigal had with Romulo Neri last December.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Two gifts of the Holy
Spirit gone
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The political crisis could suddenly explode into another
people-power revolt that will lead to a military-police takeover.
This could happen because I sense, from their recent pronouncements,
the evaporation of the first two–Wisdom and Understanding—of the
Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit in Jun Lozada and a group of 300 nuns
in Mindanao.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Fighting corruption
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The fall of Ferdinand Marcos and his type of corruption
(concentrated at the top level) unleashed a new form of official
graft that was widespread and across-the-bureaucracy. Public coffers used
to be for Marcos and his cronies exclusively—they were the
forbidden apple in the garden of Eden for the rest of the
bureaucracy.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Strong party system a
pipe dream
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Speaker Prospero Nograles says that strengthening the country’s
political party system is among the priorities of the House under
his stewardship. I fully agree with him. Unfortunately, the Senate
does not share the priority and under a bicameral system, no law can
be passed without the concurrence of both the House and the Senate.
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FROM
THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Pausing at the
crossroads
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It was chilling to witness thousands of people come together last
week in Makati.
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Philippine Muslim fighters see uncertain future
if peace prevails in Mindanao
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CAMP DARAPANAN, Philippines: After a protracted
30-year insurgency which has seen up to 150,000 people killed,
Muslim rebels are facing an uncertain future as peace finally looks
near in the southern Philippines.
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