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Monday, March 24, 2008

 

EDITORIAL

So insensitive

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THEY come in the wee hours of the morning, without ample warning, as we’re in our homes fast asleep after a long week at work. We’re not talking about thieves in the night, but they might as well be, considering how much they take away from our hard-earned incomes.

Since the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act took effect more than a decade ago—and especially lately with the record crude prices worldwide—retailers have been raising prices at the pump when we are at our most vulnerable.

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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

 

BIG DEAL
By Dan Mariano

HOW could that have happened to Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson? That was the question on everybody’s mind following the dud of a testimony given by Leo San Miguel before the Senate probe of the national broadband deal.

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OPEN NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings

APART from the customary meditative aspect of Holy Week, quality family time is another key aspect of this Lenten break.

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INSIDE CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao

NOW that the Holy Week is over, it is back to the favorite pastime of Pinoys—politics. Hey, do I give the drift that there was a moratorium on politics during the Holy Week?

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ENTHUSIASMS & FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas

RODOLFO Lozada Jr. should heed the Pope. I believe he told the truth about the ugly things surrounding the ZTE NBN deal. I believe that Lozada was kidnapped at the airport on his arrival from Hong Kong.

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VIENNA: Austria, which hosted Mozart’s 250th birthday celebrations in 2006, is decking itself out this year for another musical extravaganza—the 100th birthday of another famous musical son, conductor Herbert von Karajan.

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ANALYSIS

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s president-elect Ma Ying-jeou will likely have little problem kick-starting a promised new era in relations with China, but analysts cautioned Sunday against expecting too much too soon.

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