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Wednesday, September 24 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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The Yanks in the Philippines
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The Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) allows the entry into the
Philippines of American troops and equip-ment to take part in the
Balikatan military exercises between Filipino and US militaries. At
the end of the games, the GIs leave the country to return to their
mother units or home stations. A new unit, or probably the same
group, may join the next Balikatan mock war, the next year or
probably many months later.
How come, asked watchful Filipinos, the
Americans never seem to leave Mindanao? Why do they tarry in the
Zamboanga City environs and in nearby provinces? They may be seen
patrolling US built-facilities or guarding helicopters in tiny
airfields.
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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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BIG
DEAL
By Dan Mariano
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Wrong target
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On the basis of an evidently incomplete report from the Commission
on Audit (COA), certain groups have been blasting away at the
Department of Agriculture (DA). However, DA officials insist, the
critics have trained their sights on the wrong target.
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ENTHUSIASMS
&FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Brilliant Lawyer Alan F.
Paguia on RH bill
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I yield some space today to Atty. Alan
Paguia’s legal and constitutional wisdom.
Here are his “5 Points on Reproductive Health
Bill.”
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Agriculture to the rescue!
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I come from a family of farmers, so I always appreciate legislative
efforts to enhance the status of farmers and promote agriculture as
a key to our economic development. The bill of Bohol Rep. Edgar
Chatto seeking to grant incentives...
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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DBP : Bank on
punctured wheels
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The mandate of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is not
cast in stone, carved in granite and etched in Rushmorean
grandeur. If there is ever a statement of its mission, the ring is
more pedestrian, such as “Bank on Wheels.“
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Building peace and security through democracy
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[Excerpts from the keynote speech given by Dr.
Romulo at the Prague Security Studies Institute’s Conference on
Asia and-Pacific Security Challenges: Implications for Europe and
the Atlantic Alliance, September 8, 2008.
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FROM
THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Asia still a tiger
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The financial troubles in the Western hemisphere, highlighted most
recently by the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers
Holdings Inc., might affect Asia ’s growth curve. It will not,
however, stop the region from fulfilling its destiny of coming out
of the West’s shadow.
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