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Saturday, September 06 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Cordillera turns back on autonomy
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AS the drumbeat for an enlarged Autonomous Muslim Region or a
Bangsamoro Juridical Entity grows louder in Mindanao, the Lumad
people have begun to press Malacañang for self-rule. Other
minorities in Mindanao, and the Visayas are eyeing
self-determination, spurred by the demands of the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front and worried by possibilities that a Bangsamoro
entity would swallow up Mindanao’s teeming ethnics.
Somnolence, ironically, drapes the hills and
valleys of the Cordillera region, where a home-grown liberation army
challenged the Corazon Aquino administration in the 1980s. Guerilla
power drew strength from native pride in the Cordillerans’
history, culture, faith, traditions and civilization. Recognizing
the region’s potential for prosperity, leadership and the growth
of its political institutions, the framers of the 1987 Constitution
voted to grant Muslim Mindanao and the Cordillera self-autonomy
consistent with their history and aspirations.
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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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The Bangsamoro
crucible
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Readers grappling with issues engendered by the aborted signing of
the controversial MOA between government and MILF negotiators may
find helpful the new book Rethinking the Bangsamoro Crucible
published by the Center for People Empowerment and Governance (CENPEG).
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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On gas pains and
human thought
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Two weeks ago, I received a text message from my friend, Tony Oposa,
one of the country’s top environmental lawyers, saying that he is
going to be given the very prestigious International Environmental
Law Award, the first Asian to get the award.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Let’s woo Chinese
money
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The Philippines should woo the Chinese and convince them to invest
their money in the Philippines. The Philippine Senate and the
Chinese should set aside their brouhaha over the ZTE NBN overpricing scandal.
Money over the NBN is a peanut compared to what Manila can secure in
loans and investments from the Chinese.
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Dealing properly with reported speech
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One of the trickiest aspects of English grammar is dealing with
reported speech, or what’s also called indirect speech. Basically,
we are taught that when the reporting verb is in the past tense, the
operative verb of the reported utterance takes one step back from
the present into the past.
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LAW
AND PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q. Fernando
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Economic
competitiveness
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Given the present global economic system, nations that thrive
financially provide the world products of higher quality more
cheaply and efficiently than any other country does. This means that
the Philippines must locate those areas in which it can produce
goods competitively.
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Values in the nursing profession
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[Welcome message at the opening of the First
Asia Pacific Conference on Nursing Research, held at the Manila
Hotel, September 4, 2008, organized by the Commission on Filipinos
Overseas (CFO), the UP College of Nursing and the University of
Hawaii at Manos.]
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LETTER
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‘Maguindanao article missed essential
truths’
By Datun Salibo
Mamasapano, Maguindanao
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