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Saturday, May 31, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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What independent
directors are for
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Most likely non-businessmen Filipinos have not ever given a thought
to the term “independent director.” It became prominent these
last few days as a result of the war for control of the Manila
Electric Company board of directors between GSIS President Winston
Garcia and the Lopezes.
Whoever has more board members in a corporation
ends up controlling it – by having the power to set its policies
and appoint its management.
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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. Ordońez
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Postscript on the
Left
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In Madison, Wisconsin, we had a professor who said in our “Recent
British Literature” class that there was a Liars Club on campus.
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ABOVE
ALL THINGS
By Ramon Mabutas Jr.
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Illegal dismissal
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Query: I have worked as an employee at a hotel in our city
for the past eight years. Initially, I was a janitress, but became a
supervisor in the cleaning of rooms.
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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The proper uses of ‘they’ and ‘it’
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A few days ago, I received an e-mail from the editorial department
manager of a big publishing company asking about the proper use of
the pronoun “they.”
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Why oil prices keep
rising
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We now go to why crude oil prices are rising. They have hit $135 per
barrel and apparently will scale $150 by yearend and $200 by next
year, before correcting by 2010 because oil at $250 will trigger a
massive lifestyle change that will cause a decline in oil
consumption.
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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The Bt corn hype
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The Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives for Community Empowerment (Searice)
is a regional development NGO working with farming communities on
conservation, development and sustainable use of plant genetic
resource...
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LAW
AND PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q. Fernando
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The harmful,
corruptive influence of the Church
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By insisting upon playing a dominant political role, the Catholic
Church has set into motion harmful, corruptive influences
detrimental to constitutional democracy and the rule of law.
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FEATURE
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Dank, shabby and deafening,
New York metro moves millions
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NEW YORK: Five million people ride New York City’s under and
above-ground railway every day, braving a vast, aging system that is
dilapidated, deafening, and prone to floods, escalator outages and
sealed-off exits.
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