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Sunday, August 02, 2009

 

EDITORIAL

The National Artists

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All hail the new National Artists, the most creative Filipino minds, past and present, in the esteem of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

The national treasures for 2009 are Manuel Conde (posthumous) for film and broadcast arts; the late Lazaro Francisco for literature; Federico Aguilar Alcuaz for visual arts, painting and sculpture; Cecille Guidote-Alvarez for theater; Magno Jose “Carlo” Caparas for visual arts and films; Francisco “Bobby” Manosa for architecture; and Jose “Pitoy” Moreno for fashion design.

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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

 

SUNDAY STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo

The inhabitants of the word-typing universe have had enough of writing about the July 27 State of the Nation Address of President Gloria Arroyo. Not one really swooned over the speech content while most were highly critical.

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PBSP
By Rowena Basco-Sugay

Gone are the days when social cause and profit orientation occupied opposite ends of a tense rope.

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REFLECTIONS
By Fr. Shay Cullen

I just came for a visit to the rural communities where we help support 90 impoverished students go to school. As I hiked the muddy mountain road in the pouring rain,...

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ONE MAN’S MEAT
By Benjamin G. Defensor

MANNY Pacquiao, one of the special guests at President Gloria Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) last week was probably one of those who understood what the President did was all about.

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ANALYSIS

WASHINGTON, D.C.: An end to the brutal recession gripping the US economy is in sight after a year and a half, but recovery could be tepid and uneven, analysts said after a better-than-expected snapshot of US output.

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ANALYSIS

BANGKOK: As the anti-government group gathered Friday in Thailand, the country’s business sector worries that the political uncertainty may prolong the domestic economic downturn.

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LETTER

Sona of lies, half-truths and atrocities
This is a reaction to the news article titled “No clear GMA goodbye” and “She is longest burning president” last July 28. Essentially Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s last State of the Nation Address (Sona) was nothing ...

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