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Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Six-nation concord
on North Korea
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Christopher Hill, the chief
American negotiator in the six-nation talks on the North Korean
nuclear program, will most likely be in Pyongyang today, after
meeting with his counterpart in Seoul on Monday.
Hill’s mission should concern
us Filipinos much more deeply than many of us realize.
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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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POLICY
PEEK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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What’s the
bottomline?
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MOST people understand capitalism in simple terms.
People have goods and services to produce, buy and sell and they are
allowed to do so. Companies make certain products, for instance, and
we the consumers buy them.
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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Nograles wants a
railway in Mindanao
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Remember that after the EDSA revolution, former
Senator Santanina Rasul held a picket at the Senate premises to
press for the construction of a railway to connect Mindanao. Such a
dream may soon be realized.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Saigon trip
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Ihad a pleasant trip to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) City
over the weekend and was surprised to see Vietnam having a more
vibrant and robust economy than most of its neighbors.
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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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Is the Cold War
back?
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The visit over the weekend of Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez to Moscow, the third in just over a year, has revived
fears of a resurgence of American-Russian confrontation reminiscent
of the Cold War...
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Gumanoy sisters
vs. exploiters of youthful idealism
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21-year-old Rachelle Mae Palang died on a cloudy
September afternoon in a remote barangay in Dauin, Negros Oriental.
She was killed in an encounter between elements of the Philippine
Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion and the New People’s Army. The
Cebuana was a member of the NPA.
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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Be
computer-literate or free, Roque urges OFWs
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The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA),
in partnership with the Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training
Institute and Microsoft Philippines,..
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