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Friday, May 30, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Peace across the Taiwan Strait
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A HISTORIC meeting is taking place in Beijing where Chinese
President Hu Jintao is hosting Wu Poh-hsiung, chairman of the
Kuomintang Party of Taiwan, to discuss relations between Beijing and
Taipei and prospects for greater peace across the Taiwan Strait and
in East Asia.
The dialogue, the first in 60 years, is the
highest-level contact for the two parties since Mao Zedong’s
communist army pushed Chiang Kai-Shek’s nationalist troops from
the mainland to the island across the strait.
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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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Understanding the
Supreme Court
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Much concern has resulted from reports that the Supreme Court issued
a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the Court of Appeals.
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HEADS
UP
By Joel P. Palacios
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Saliva shower
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In daily encounters between journalists and politicians, bright
flashes of wit and saliva fly, which is . . . aahh . . . fine.
Hard-nosed and thick-skinned reporters, who will not be deterred
from getting a good quote...
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AMBIENT
VOICES
By Ma. Isabel Ongpin
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Coping with disasters
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The calamities in Burma and China should not have us merely thanking
our lucky stars that this time we have been spared, or earnestly
mobilizing some of our resources to show support and sympathy for
the victims.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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President proud of
JMSU in Vietnam
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Soon it’s Araw ng Pasasalamat to OFWs. June 6, Saturday, is
Migrant Workers Day—or as the President has called it a few times,
Araw ng Pasasalamat sa mga OFWs, the heroes of our economy.
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DEVELOPMENT
DIALOGUE
By Nora O. Gamolo
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Musings on ‘Ka Bel’
and the future of politics
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I paid homage to deceased party-list and labor leader Crispin “Ka
Bel” Beltran twice. I only made two visits, but each visit left me
with several points to ponder on, all centering on the future of the
Philippine politics, of development in general.
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YOUTHOPIA
By Marylaine Louise Viernes
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Physics or physique?
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If you were to choose between beauty and brains, what would it be
and why?”
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LETTER
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Thanks, Manila Times
By Antonio F. Trillanes 4th
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