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Saturday, September 13, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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A new RP-CPP peace talk
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Political instability continues to slow down the economy and scare
off foreign investments, especially in the countryside, as the
communist insurgency and Moro secessionism hurt businesses and law
and order throughout the country, particularly in Mindanao. Each
nearing its 40th year, the New People’s Army (NPA) and Moro
Islamic Liberation Front struggles have had promises of a settlement
as peace negotiations with the Philippine government made
breakthroughs, only to sputter at critical stages.
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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 (II)
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With the rapidly deteriorating situation in Mindanao, those
concerned can find in Rethinking the Bangsamoro Crucible (CenPeg) a
scholarly and useful primer on the history of the Moro struggles
since the coming of Spanish colonizers in the...
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ANALYSIS
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What’s The Matter With Sarah?
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SYDNEY: For left-leaning elites outside the United States, the
nomination of Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential
candidate is a case of “only in America”—a sneering phrase
foreigners use to explain a weird or distasteful...
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Breathing life
through innovative media
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“We won the Kyra Awards!” was the text message I got from my
colleague Chris Cenal who accepted the award on behalf of Haribon.
Last week, during the Fund Raising Congress organized by Venture for
Fund Raising, Haribon’s partnership...
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Fire them all, Chief Justice
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Congratulations to Chief Justice Reynato Puno and his entire Supreme
Court for doing what should have been done a long time ago—fire a
Court of Appeals justice and penalize severely a number of them for
corruption.
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ENGLISH PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Dealing properly with reported
speech–II
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IN last week’s column, we saw that when the reporting verb in
reported speech is in the past tense, the operative verb in the
utterance takes one step back from the present into the past.
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Statement: National Union Of
Journalists of the PhilippineS
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What press freedom?
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In a speech at the founding anniversary of Quirino province on
Wednesday, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo again took a swipe at
the Philippine media, saying it was “challenging…to govern our
nation, especially with a media that is...
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