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Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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A 40-year war seen
ending in two years
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THE gravest threat to national
stability, after the Moro Islamic Liberation Front secessionism and
deteriorations on the rice and food front, is the nearly forty-year
insurgency being waged by the New People’s Army/Communist Party of
the Philippines in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
The NPA is not in a position to
overthrow the government in the near future, but its cancerous
growth and its deleterious drag on the economy is worrisome.
Guerrilla operations have held back regional development,
constricting growth in the hinterland. Its system of taxation hurts
business, including the transport of food from the farms to the
urban centers.
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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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EAST WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Senate more
responsible this time
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The decision by the three Senate committees
investigating the national broadband network (NBN) row to close the
hearings is good news for the public.
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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R.I.P., Alfred
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On Monday, the 12th of May, militants called for a
transport strike to protest the rising oil prices. Strikes are a
thing of the past: they serve no purpose except to cripple the
strikers themselves and the economy.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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The Lopez
family’s business model
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In 2007, the Lopez family of First Philippine
Holdings Corp., Meralco and ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. determined
that profits are to be generated and their wealth enhanced through
one simple strategy—heavy investment...
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PROMETHEUS
BOUND
By Giovanni Tapang, Ph.D.
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Science walks on
two legs
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Today, as it was in history, science, technology and
society are inextricably linked in our daily activities to produce
our needs. Yet with hews of discoveries in science each day,...
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ANALYSIS
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Obama stronger for
Clinton pummeling
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WASHINGTON: For all the hue and cry of the Democratic
White House race, Barack Obama is tipped to emerge a stronger
candidate for November’s general election after his searing
examination by Hillary Clinton.
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LETTER
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Let Taiwan join
WHO
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This year, Taiwan will again seek to gain membership
in the World Health Organization (WHO). At the very least, we ask to
be allowed to sit as observer in the World Health Assembly to be
held this month in Geneva.
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