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Friday, May 16, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Jelac meets en banc
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ONE good that comes from the
Judiciary, Executive and Legislative Advisory Consultative Council
(Jelac) is that the Supreme Court gets the full attention of
Congress for the monies, judges and personnel badly needed by the
courts.
Malacańang last year invited the
Supreme Court to join the Legislative Executive Development Advisory
Council (Ledac) whose main function is to prepare, review and
approve the legislative program of the national government.
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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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BIG
DEAL
By Dan Mariano
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Goodbye?
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News reports last Wednesday mentioned the plans of
Senate star witness Rodolfo Lozada Jr. to leave the country “for
good.”
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HEADS
UP
By Joel P. Palacios
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Idiot or mad?
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Are members of the House of Representatives a bunch
of idiots? Quickly, let’s conduct a public opinion survey. It’s
important that many of us believe that they are not fools because
they enact laws that affect our lives.
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YOUTHOPIA
By Marylaine Louise Viernes
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There’s a Speed
Racer in each of us
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SPEED RACER has toppled off Kill Bill from the top of
my favorite movies. I certainly loved the Wachowski brothers’ big
screen masterpiece. A friend said that he didn’t like the film,...
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ENTHUSIASMS
&FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Pakistan ironies
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MOST of those who love Pakistan and wish it would
become an economically successful country—with prosperous citizens
and businesses growing steadily—blame political instability...
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DEVELOPMENT
DIALOGUE
By Nora O. Gamolo
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Knowing the
informal sector
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Many economists see frightening paradoxes in the
formerly robust Philippine economy. Among others, there is very
little formal production. Starting in the last four years, markedly
under the Arroyo watch,...
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AMBIENT
VOICES
By Ma. Isabel Ongpin
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There’s a
litterbug in each of us
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True to form in his advocacy for the environment,
Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales has called for every vehicle to have a
container for trash to avoid littering the countryside with the
debris of one’s everyday activities,...
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FEATURE
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Booming Singapore
lures Asian construction labor
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SINGAPORE: T. Junardhan is helping to install the
plumbing at a luxury shopping and residential tower rising in
Singapore’s prime Orchard Road tourist belt. He can also balance
your books if the need arises.
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