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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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In bad taste
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ONCE again, the country’s oil companies have outdone themselves.
While the nation—indeed, the world—mourns the passing of former
President Corazon Aquino, the Big Three—Shell, Petron, and Chevron
(formerly Caltex)—jacked up the prices of their fuel products by
another peso.
This latest increase comes on the heels of a
two-peso hike they imposed on motorists a few days before on the
night President Arroyo delivered her last State of the Nation
Address (SONA).
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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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Another Cory legacy
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Congratulations to the GMA network for providing Internet users with
an online coverage of the wake for former President Corazon C.
Aquino.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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The best six years of
the nation’s life
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On November 6, 1989, author Stanley Karnow wrote an op-ed piece for
the New York Times with the headline “From St. Joan to Lame
Duck”, essentially a piece on what he claimed was the diminished
stature of then President Aquino on...
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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A state funeral
would have been a fitting send-off
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No words would suffice to describe the legacy of the late President
Cory Aquino. But as my favorite Sen. Edgardo Angara told me,
everything is subsumed in her main contribution—the return of
democracy.
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FROM
THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Thank you Tita Cory
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Yellow confetti wafted about outside my 11th floor office window as
the late President Corazon Aquino’s funeral convoy crawled its way
past Ayala Avenue.
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Y
E G A P
By Anna Marie Periquet
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Getting down to
business
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THE first thing I would like to write is “thank you.” Not only
has The Manila Times given me an extraordinary opportunity, but the
adrenalin rush I’ve experienced at the thought of having our very
own YEGAP column have made me complete a 5-km race!
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ANALYSIS
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Clinton’s N. Korea mission may signal warmer relations–analysts
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SEOUL, North Korea: After months of rising tensions and bellicose
rhetoric, North Korea has signaled it wants better relations with
arch enemy the United States by inviting former President Bill
Clinton, analysts say.
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LETTER
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CHR de Lima’s credibility on the rock
A call to CHR chairman to be fair
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