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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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The OFW packs his bag
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Thousands of overseas Filipino workers may be returning home this
year and the next as the global economic crisis worsens and choke
growth and job markets in many labor-importing countries around the
world.
Expected to bear the brunt are the domestic
helpers who are favored for their industry, skills and devotion to
work by employers in several continents. The domestics form the bulk
of the OFW population. Tiny Hong Kong alone is home to more than
150,000 maids.
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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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Pinoy chefs–Toque of the town
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Nurses, maids and seafarers may be the stars in the Philippine labor
export drive, but it’s time to make way for the new
attraction—the Filipino chef.
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BIG
DEAL
By Dan Mariano
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Media discretion amid
crisis
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As this was being written Monday, the online news service of ABS-CBN
reported that share prices at the Philippine Stock Exchange had
rebounded by about three percent following on Friday’s steep
plunge.
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ENTHUSIASMS
&FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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HB 5043 defies
death-penalty-abolition law
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ONE reason the congressmen should stop wasting time on House Bill
5043, titled “An Act Providing For National Policy On Reproductive
Health, Responsible Parenthood and Population Development and For
Other Purposes,” is that the...
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Impeachment rap good
news for GMA supporters?
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Many administration congressmen are reportedly singing “Happy Days
Are Here Again.” For this, they have to thank businessman Joey de
Venecia and Iloilo Vice Gov. Rolex Suplico, also a former
congressman, for filing an impeachment charge against President
Arroyo.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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The banks have a
firewall. But . . .
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The irrationally tight lending policies of the Philippine banking
system have their upside and the proof is their relative stability
now. Except for the few that suffered from minor bruises because of
their investment in Lehman Brothers...
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FROM
THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Melamine
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Southeast Asian countries have a region-wide prohibition against the
use of the industrial chemical melamine in foods.
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LETTER
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Inaccuracy in Mr. Diaz’s article on birth
control
Mr. Diaz said that the rhythm method is what the
Catholic Church advocates (page A5, col. 2, par. 1 of “Some Facts
About Birth Control”).
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