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Sunday, September 21 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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‘Vulnerable’ 18
million can’t vote |
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Voting rights and responsibilities are bound to grow
in importance as the 2010 national and local elections loom on the
horizon.The Commission on Human Rights, which dutifully looks after
the welfare of peaceful citizens running from overzealous police
officers, hired killers, onion-skinned politicians and subversive
groups, has turned its attention to Filipinos who are qualified to
vote but have been disfranchised by unfriendly forces, including the
communist insurgency, Moro secessionism, imprisonment, physical
disability, age and a death of information on their rights.
In a press statement, the CHR
claimed about 15 million to 20 million “vulnerable” Filipinos
are unable to vote, exacerbating fraud at election time, making
possible the election of undeserving leaders and creating and
perpetrating a wide base of politically uneducated citizens.
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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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CENTER OF GRAVITY
By Rony V. Diaz
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Cervical cancer
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THE New England Journal of
Medicine (NEJM) published on August 21, two articles and an
editorial that were critical of the vaccines against the human
papillomavirus (HPV) that Merck and GlaxoSmithKline had put on the
market.
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SUNDAY STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Oceans removed
from the bloodbath
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We want to put on a fake face of
concern over the Wall Street carnage. We also want to contrive a
connection with the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Or with Merrill
Lynch,...
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REFLECTIONS
By Fr. Shay Cullen
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Back to the dark
ages, still jailing children
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When I asked 13-year-old Jonathan
to draw a picture of himself in jail he drew a stick like figure of
a small boy hanging half way up the bars of a prison cell. Behind
him a bigger figure was hitting him with a stick.
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DURIAN
By Amina Rasul
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Déjà vu: martial
law
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Today marks the 36th anniversary
of the declaration of martial law in the Philippines. The “Muslim
secessionists” threatened the state from Mindanao; Christian
vigilante groups like the Ilaga and Muslim...
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ONE MAN’S MEAT
By Benjamin G. Defensor
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It could be love
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THERE’S a little change of pace
in the political word market. Suddenly we are talking about
international economics—American finance, as a matter of fact.
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ANALYSIS
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Details of
‘mother of all bailouts’ still fuzzy
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WASHINGTON: While its details
have not been formally disclosed, economists say a US government
plan to rescue the financial industry described as the “mother of
all bailouts” ..
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LETTER
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Cruz
disappoints,
business morals
These are my comments about the September 20 columns of Mr. Dan
Mariano and Mr. Rene Bas:
For Mr. Dan Mariano:
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