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Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Ignore panicky media headlines about banks
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Most newspapers carried panic-driving front page headlines
yesterday. Don’t let the those headlines about Philippine banks
getting hit by the US financial crisis rattle you.
Depositors have nothing to worry about.
Listen to the Bangko Sentral and the Asian
Development—if you don’t trust President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
as the bearer of calming news.
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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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Ping tirades can’t topple
Manny
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It is now obvious that the front pages will be dominated by the
turmoil in Wall Street and its collateral damage to the Philippines.
The headlines yesterday were filled with stories about how the local
banks are trying to reserve money needed just in case Washington’s
problems filter into Manila.
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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Exterminating the colonial
bug
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Back to colonial mentality and national development. Since the
founding of the Republic, we Filipinos have been blaming our
colonial past for the state of the nation. The Spanish for the
siesta, the mañana habit and the culture of...
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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Improving the absentee
voting system
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To address the dismal absentee voter turnout in previous elections,
the Department of Foreign Affairs is convening a meeting this
afternoon to thresh out the problems of registration and voting in
all countries where Filipino citizens reside and work.
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PROMETHEUS BOUND
By Ricardo Bahague
Jr.
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Software Freedom Day
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For the past four years, computer users beginners and experts alike,
programmers, NGOs and free software advocates have celebrated every
third Saturday of September as Software Freedom Day. This year, over
500 teams all over the world is celebrating the event. It is a
public education event held by...
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BIZZ
FIZZ
By Rene Martel
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Congressional growling claims
first telecom victim
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THE somewhat fierce congressional growling of the past few weeks on
the mater of franchises and their alleged misrepresentation has
garnered its first victim.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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When banks collapse
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On Sept. 15, Monday morning, Americans were shocked to learn Lehman
Brothers, the venerable 158-year-old investment bank that had
survived the Civil War and the Great Depression, had gone bankrupt;
Merrill Lynch, the giant...
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LETTER
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Sun Sets In GRP-MILF Peace Talks
Please let me comment about your editorial on
September 14.
The failure to come up with just, equitable and
peaceful solution to this problem is the duplicity, lies and
unbridled ambition of gma to continue in power; hence,
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