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Monday, May 19, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Plenty of blame to go around
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WHAT goes around, comes around. When the president of the Government
Service Insurance System (GSIS) began haranguing Manila Electric Co.
(Meralco) for its lack of transparency in how it conducts its
business, we welcomed this long-needed attention into how consumer
welfare is served—or jettisoned—at a time when the public is
faced with rising prices of nearly everything—from food to oil
and, yes, electricity.
The Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC)
held an inquiry into the matter last week, and we said, finally,
legislators are putting taxpayers’ money into good use by looking
into an issue that is of utmost importance to the public.
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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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Everybody loses
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Winston Garcia insists that he launched his campaign against the
controlling owners of Manila Electric Company in order to check what
he claims is the mismanagement of the country’s biggest
distributor of electricity.
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OPEN
NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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GSIS and Meralco high on verbal wattage
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AS the battle of words between the Government Security and Insurance
Service (GSIS) and the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) intensifies
at a high level of watts the issues—both relevant and
irrelevant—are coming up are from here, there and everywhere.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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On the
underpopulation problem
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The following, is an abridgement of one of the seven e-mails I
received from Times readers about my column of April 18.
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DOUBLE
TAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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Abandonment of
children
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REQUESTED by Bantay Bata 163 Program Director Tina Monzon-Palma to
attend a Congressional hearing at the House of Representatives...
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Kabayan in a crunch
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The administration-Meralco confrontation has caught Vice President
Noli “Kabayan” de Castro between Scylla and Charybdis. If
Kabayan sides with Meralco, he is certain to be dumped by
pro-administration politicians in the 2010 presidential election.
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ANALYSIS
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Kuwaitis seek fresh start as
they choose new parliament
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KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaitis voted on Saturday to elect
a new parliament calling for change in this oil-rich Gulf state,
where the previous assembly was dissolved amid political feuding.
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