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Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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A Labor Day like no other
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LABOR Day 2008 is unlike other workers’ day. Rice and energy
prices have spiraled up around the world, bringing bad news to a
country of rice eaters and gas guzzlers. No food shortage yet but
the government is encouraging alternatives to rice. Car owners are
reviewing their travel habits while public-transport operators are
itching for a fare increase. Families are mulling rice-less days. Consumer
groups are busy advising us how to save on water, electricity and
gasoline. Coming soon: rising electric bills and LPG costs.
Environmentalists are warning about a likely water shortage.
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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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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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New hope for the
National Press Club
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ON Sunday, May 4, the National Press Club (NPC) will hold its
regular election to choose a new set of officers, from president
down to directors. As a lifetime NPC member (earned for having spent
more than 20 years of active journalism), I will make a trip on that
day to the NPC building on Magallanes Drive in Manila to vote.
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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What’s in a flame?
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WELL, the Olympic torch skipped Manila in the run-up to the 2008
Beijing Summer Olympics because of geographical reasons.
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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Retain NFA, buy
Petron
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By now, the government should have learned the proper relationship
between the private and public sectors on managing the economy. As
the experiences of the Marcos and the post-EDSA regimes show, an
imbalance in policy is bad for the national interest.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Cheaper medicines
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AFTER much intense lobbying by the local drug industry that is
dominated by multinationals, Congress has finally passed what is
commonly called the Cheaper Medicines Act or the “Act To Provide
For Quality Affordable Medicines.”
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Pakistan’s coalition breaking up?
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ISLAMABAD: The seemingly harmonious relationship between
Pakistan’s two ruling coalition parties is on the verge of a
breakup as they failed to reach a consensus on the issue of deposed
judges.
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ANALYSIS
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Ethno-linguistic minorities
in a federal government
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IN a surprising move, Sen. Aquilino Pimentel and
other senators recently sponsored a multi-party resolution for the
federalization of the Philippines. It proposes the creation of
states that will establish 11 centers of finance and development in
the archipelago.
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LETTER
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The challenge to trade unions
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