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Sunday, November 02, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Joyful pains of Purgatory |
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Although most Christians Filipinos went to the tombs of their family
dead yesterday, All Saints Day, today is an equally important
feast—All Souls’ Day. In the Catholic missals the solemnity is
called “The Commemoration of all the faithful departed.”
Today our prayers should be dedicated “in
suffrage” for the souls in Purgatory. This use of the noun
“suffrage”—which these days is very much in the minds of those
concerned with whether it is Obama or McCain who will be the next US
president—simply means “in intercession.”
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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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CENTER
OF GRAVITY
By Rony V. Diaz
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A development crisis
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PRESIDENT ARROYO’s appeal to the developed countries at the 63rd
session of the UN General Assembly to make good their pledges of
financial assistance to attain the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), whose objective is to halve world poverty by 2015, was
received with embarrassed silence.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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They should have paid
tribute to migration
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The sectors that have been equating migration with social problems
should rein in their irrational savaging of migration. Migration
breeds a lot of problems, yes, but these problems are
inconsequential when arrayed against the benefits.
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REFLECTIONS
By Fr. Shay Cullen
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The greater insult is
to ignore raped children
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The BBC’s Director General Mark Thompson apologized on October 10,
to the Philippine Ambassador Edgardo Espiritu in London for an
insulting and disparaging scene on a comedy show, Harry and Paul, on
September 26 and 29.
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DURIAN
By Amina Rasul
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The Constitution and
right to self-determination
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On Friday, former Human Rights Commissioner Nas–ser Marohomsalic,
filed a motion for reconsideration with the Supreme Court on behalf
of the Muslim Legal Assistance Foundation (MUSLAF). It is one of the
organizations that defended...
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ONE
MAN’S MEAT
By Benjamin G. Defensor
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The insensitivity of
it all
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NOW that the world appears to have adjusted to the threat of a
recession, the stock markets, one of the most sensitive indicators
of financial health, is now reacting as it should, rebounding as
investors take advantage of bargains as...
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LETTER
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Sen. Santiago’s aide on editorial, letter
We would like to clarify that first, the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations had jurisdiction to conduct the probe
into the PNP Moscow scandal.
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