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Thursday, April 02, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Enact the new Tourism Law but . . .
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EARLIER this week, in Boracay President Gloria Arroyo spoke
enthusiastically about the tourism industry. She said, in a report
printed online by the President’s website, that tourism-generated
jobs can substantially meet the employment demand in parts of the
country due to the “labor intensive” nature of tourism services.
The President said tourism can provide jobs for
both the “most-skilled” and the “least-skilled” people. She
pointed to the example of Boracay and its luxury hotels as well as
the medium and small enterprises there that were all keeping lots of
people employed.
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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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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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Erap: A political
fair game?
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You cannot blame the camp of former President Joseph “Erap”
Estrada for suspecting the administration of pursuing the deposed
leader as a fitting target for public ridicule and harassment—a
political fair game—for every inconceivable move he makes.
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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Reading Nicole
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Are you surprised Nicole left? She flew to America, the land of her
rapist, after suffering the worst humiliation for months and years
as the victim of a sensational crime while facing down critics and
detractors who attacked her morality, her background and her
intentions.
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PROMETHEUS
BOUND
By Marjorie Pamintuan
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SciPop: Popularizing Science
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It was March 1 when I woke up at four in the morning to catch a ride
to the Rosario National High School in Cavite. We were to hold a
Career Orientation Day for high school students under our SciPop
program. After a minibus and tricycle ride, we were facing 200
students eager to hear about careers in science.
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OPEN
NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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Building
bridges–literally–in Mindanao
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THE government’s mission to forge bridges with its Muslim brethren
down south takes a giant leap, literally, with the whole of Mindanao
getting some P8.8 billion in fresh public funding this year for
roads and bridges.
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DEVELOPMENT
DIALOGUE
By Nora O. Gamolo
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A new look at
biofuels
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Many landholders and land owning politicians tried to cash in on the
promising bio-fuels program through wanton land conversion,
allegedly to skirt agrarian reform, among other bad goals.
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ANALYSIS
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China has to keep buying US Treasuries
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BEIJING: China has little choice but to keep buying US Treasuries
despite concerns about the safety of its American assets, amid
reports it has lost billions of dollars in forex reserves, analysts
said.
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