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Saturday, October 11, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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PNR gets Defensor
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It’s either President Gloria
Arroyo is serious about rebuilding the Philippine National Railways
(PNR) or she is reactivating the political career of a trusted
lieutenant. She has appointed former Secretary Mike Defensor, PNR
acting chairman.
The President is said to have
been pleased with Defensor’s role in the partial opening of the
Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3, a major aviation
facility that took the government more than a decades to build and
inaugurate. The terminal still has many defects. Despite
Defensor’s assessment that it has become an A1 facility, a part of
the ceiling fell. Still, if the former congressman can oversee with
some success the launching of the terminal, he could rebuild the
national railway that has continued to deteriorate in the past 50
years.
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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. Ordoñez
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Whistling in the
dark
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One way of coping in times when things are falling
apart in the world market is to whistle. One does it without
realizing it as Fernando Manalac (in his Manila:Memories of World
War II) did as a 15-year old boy
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Turmoil to last at
least a year
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The world remains in turmoil. Share prices in Asia
and the rest of the world are nose-diving to their five-year lows.
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Getting to know
the relative clauses better – IV
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We saw last week how the relative pronoun “that”
can be dropped from restrictive relative clauses altogether to make
sentences more concise and easier to enunciate.
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Mining: Threat to
food sovereignty and biodiversity
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In celebration of Anti-Mining Solidarity Week, the
Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), a network of mining affected communities,
indigenous peoples’ groups, academics,...
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ANALYSIS
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Ex-Soviet leaders
vow cooperation despite war, economic turmoil
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BISHKEK: Leaders of former Soviet states wrapped up
talks here on Friday hailed by the Kyrgyz hosts as boosting
cooperation but overshadowed by the Georgian war and global economic
turmoil.
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LETTER
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“NFA
is doing its mission very well”
This is to clarify some issues raised by Mr. Marlen Ronquillo in
the story “Rural crash” referring to the operations of the
National Food Authority (NFA) that appeared in his column “Sunday
Stories” in the October 8 issue of your paper.
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