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EDITORIAL
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New hopes for democracy in Burma? |
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News from Agence France-Presse says ministers of UN Security Council
permanent member states together with many Asian nations were
scheduled to hold their first meeting Saturday to advance democratic
reforms in Burma.
That country, now officially known as Myanmar,
has been ruled by the military since 1962. Since the time of General
Ne Win, the military men have ruled tyrannically. They have also
often idiotically subordinated the Burmese people’s wellbeing to
the military’s obsession with control. This was most recently
manifested in the junta’s refusal to let foreign aid and rescue
missions to give food, supplies and medicine to hundreds of
thousands of victims of natural calamities rendered sick, starving
and homeless.
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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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The fetus
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IN the debate on the Reproductive Health Care Bill, half-truths,
misconceptions, and downright lies have been bandied about by both
sides.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Let them do the
worrying
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Among Ed Panlilio, the priest-governor of Pampanga, is a grass
roots leader unimpressed by the big names in Philippine politics.
His sense is simply this: the big names have made, wittingly or
unwittingly, so many compromises through...
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REFLECTIONS
By Fr. Shay Cullen
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Justice deferred is
justice denie
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Thousands of villagers in Darfur, have been shot, bombed, burnt,
raped and reduced to starvation by the attacks of the
Chinese-supplied army and militia forces of the Sudanese government.
These are acts of genocide and crimes against humanity.
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ONE
MAN’S MEAT
By Benjamin G. Defensor
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A bridge too far
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ONE of the things being held against the United Sates Republican
vice pesidential candidate Sarah Palin is that as governor of
Alaska, she supported a pork barrel “bridge to nowhere” until it
became obvious that this was an unpopular project.
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ANALYSIS
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Six powers agree
to confirm UN Iran sanctions
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UNITED NATIONS: Six major powers papered over differences on
Iran Friday and circulated a new Security Council draft resolution
that reaffirms existing UN sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear
program.
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DURIAN
By Amina Rasul
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VFA and Mindanao
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ON Thursday, the Legislative Oversight Committee on the Visiting
Forces Agreement met, co-chaired by Sen. Defensor-Santiago and
Congressman Cuenco. Carol Arguillas of Mindanews and I were seated
together, with the “oppositors.”
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LETTER
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Why are PNP
higher-ups protecting this security agency?
Can The Manila Times help expose this matter?
My long time law partner, Atty. Felipe Fragante,
had a harrowing experience with the security guards of SM North EDSA
employed by a big security agency known
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