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Saturday, August 15, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Too early for
recovery
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IT may be too early to rejoice
over the slowing contraction of the country’s exports sector.
While we share the hopes of
the local semiconductor industry for a recovery, a quick one may not
be in the offing.
On Thursday, the Semiconductor
and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Inc. (SEIPI) said the
sector, which accounts for at least 60 percent of the country’s
export receipts, already “hit the bottom” in the first quarter
of this year.
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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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THE OTHER VIEW
By Elmer A. Ordońez
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Artists in revolt
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The artists’ protest at the ramp of the Cultural
Center of the Philippines (CCP) and in front of the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts building in Intramuros, augurs
well for the state of dissent...
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DOUBLE
TAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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A national hero
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SEN. Mar Roxas has reportedly backtracked from his
original proposal to rename EDSA after President Cory Aquino. Doing
so might undercut the historical significance this long stretch of
concrete road...
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INSIDE CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Premature
campaigning
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“Lalaban tayo sa padyak!” “Galing sa mahirap,
napunta sa itik!”Oops, I got these advertisements or
infomercials wrong. My apologies to those involved in these
ads—presidential wannabes Manny Villar,...
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Indigenous peoples
and human rights
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The Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) held a send-off lunch
for Filipino indigenous peoples (IPs) leaders who left for Geneva,
Switzerland last week to participate in the United Nations Committee
on the Elimination of Racial...
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ENGLISH PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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A variation of the
English future tense
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Is the sentence “The women are going to Manila to
shop” in the future tense or in the present tense?
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Americans are
starting to see a less prosperous future
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Those chaotic town-hall meetings make for dramatic TV
reports, but they don’t say much about the mood of the country.
Most Americans are not angry.
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LETTER
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Let
the voice of the people prevail
Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said that former President Joseph
“Erap” Estrada should not run again for president if only to
vindicate himself.
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