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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Never charge the
public
a tax on text messages
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We have always opposed plans to
tax text messages. The latest news from Sen. Richard Gordon, the
strongest proponent of Senate Bill 2402, is that the proposed law
will contain provisions to make sure the telecommunications
companies do not pass on the tax to customers.
That makes the proposal more
palatable.
The bill is being supported in
the House of Representatives by no less than Speaker Prospero
Nograles. With the no pass-on-to-customers provision, it will
probably get majority support in both chambers of Congress.
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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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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Balanced view of
milk scare
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The CNN has reported that the milk coming from China
is now free of melamine. This means that China can solve the problem
once it deals with the problem squarely.
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POLICY
PEEK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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Why the secrecy?
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I am glad the order came no less from Malacañang. In
a radio interview on Sunday, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said
government offices and officials “should always be transparent,...
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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On the bailout,
AIG and hard times in America
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Asian stock markets declined after President George
Bush signed the so-called $700-billion bailout law. As of this
writing yesterday, the Philippine Stock Exchange Index was down 2.55
percent to 1,574 index points.
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Glimmer of hope in
island of great inequity
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Negros Island is an island of great inequity. Despite
the many decades of sugar production poverty, malnutrition and lack
of opportunities continue to be the reality faced by a majority of
Negrense.
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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The real score on
the LTO’s IT project
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There was a time when the manual processing of
applications for driving licenses and motor vehicle registration
moved at such a snail’s pace that drivers...
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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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Confessions of an
Oakwood mutineer
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Chairman Mao Zedong once said that “a revolution is
not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of
embroidery and it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully,
considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly and modestly.”
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ANALYSIS
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Pirates shine
spotlight on Ukraine arms-trafficking
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KIEV: The pirate hijacking of a Ukrainian cargo ship
loaded with tanks off Somalia has refocused attention on
arms-trafficking by the former Soviet republic, one of the world’s
10 biggest arms exporters.
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