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Sunday, March 30, 2008 |
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EDITORIALS
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GMA by split decision
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MANY Filipinos could not believe that President Arroyo won her
latest political fight with the opposition in Metro Manila.
They think she lost the fight, or that the
decision should have been a draw. But most public opinion, the
newspapers, opinion writers and coffee shop analysts said she has
survived the worst blows to stay in power until 2010.
The critics threw every punch at her in what
they considered a final showdown. They mounted a giant rally in
Mayor Binay’s Makati and a big protest in Liwasang Bonifacio. In
between, prayer rallies failed to knock her out.
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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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CENTER
OF GRAVITY
By Rony V. Diaz
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Alternative medicine
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ON the last day of the wake for Larry Cruz, I sat for breakfast with
René Bas, his wife, Jeanne, Kit Tatad and Rey Orosa.
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ONE
MAN’S MEAT
By Benjamin G. Defensor
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Redeemed by faith
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WHAT may we hope for? In his encyclical Spi Salvi, Pope Benedict XVI
says that while science and technology may bring us more and more
things that help make life easier to live, they cannot be a tool and
guide for the moral well-being of the world.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Reversing the
anti-farm bias
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Mr. Millionaire goes to a bank to bankroll an expansion plan. He is
met by fawning bank employees and is escorted, without much ado,
into the office of the bank manager, who likewise curtsies as he
greets Mr. Millionaire. He is served freshly-brewed coffee.
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REFLECTIONS
By Fr. Shay Cullen
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Graduation: light
from darkness
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It’s graduation time in the Philippines, the most important day in
the life for any aspiring student and especially for the children at
the Preda home for girls and boys rescued from broken homes, abusive
situations, brothels and jails. They all have a new life.
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ANALYSIS
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3/30: New York’s smokers still fuming
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NEW YORK: Five years after New York became one
of the first major world cities to ban smoking in public places,
nearly a quarter of a million people have kicked the habit and
tobacco-related deaths have dropped significantly.
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