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Saturday, May 10, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Putin: Still
Russia’s paramount leader
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Most keen observers of the
Kremlin are convinced that Vladimir Putin will continue to be
the paramount leader of Russia. He is, officially, only the head of
government as prime minister. But his protégé, Dmitry Medvedev,
himself, who succeeded him Wednesday as Russia’s elected president
and head of state, referred to himself and Putin as a ruling
“tandem.”
Medvedev, after his grand
inauguration, nominated his former boss for prime minister. Just
before the lower house of Russia’s parliament the State Duma
voted, Medvedev said Putin “as head of government will play a key
role” in carrying out the strategy for development to 2020.
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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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The future of the
Philippine Left
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The unthinkable seemed to have happened in Nepal.
Reports have it that the Maoists have won a clear majority in
parliament and are set to abolish the anachronistic monarchy.
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ABOVE
ALL THINGS
By Ramon Mabutas Jr.
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A question of
ownership
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Query: I am the eldest of three children left behind
by our parents. During their lifetime, our parents acquired a 300
square-meter lot where they put up our house.
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Grammar
curiosities and crudities–Part II
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I suppose that not a few readers are still puzzling
out a fix for this highly problematic sentence from a senator’s
recent press release:
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Birds in our daily
lives
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We take them for granted. At 5:30 am every day, I am
awakened by the euphony of their calls. It’s morning and all of
them are hungry, searching for their first meal of the day.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Power play at
Meralco
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The electricity distribution monopoly of Meralco is
one of the most abstruse and esoteric businesses you can find in the
Philippines. Very few people, if any, understand just exactly how
Meralco computes its electricity rates.
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LAW AND PHILOSOPHY
MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q. Fernando
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Masculine speech and the war on terror
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A recurring theme during the Human Condition Series
Conference on Terror, during which I presented a paper a week ago,
concerned the marginalization of terrorized groups in society.
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FEATURE
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Filipino workers
push for higher wages amid food crisis
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MANILA: Already struggling to make ends meet,
millions of ordinary Filipinos living on the minimum wage are
seeking a pay increase just to keep up with the rising cost of food.
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