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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Risks and opportunities
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WHAT a powerful company San Miguel Corp. must be.Merely by extending
its stock-swap program, it effectively served notice to Malacañang
and the Supreme Court that both have only a month to decide on
whether the state would convert its common shares in the country’s
biggest food and beverage conglomerate into higher-yielding
preferred shares.
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) early
last week said it had filed before the High Court a motion for the
conversion.
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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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Innocent but still
behind bars
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In 2007 Luisito Gonzalez and his chauffeur Antonio Bue-naflor were
charged with the murder of Gonzalez’s stepbrother Federico
Delgado. A year later the charges were ordered quashed by the Court
of Appeals—a decision that was subsequently affirmed by the
Supreme Court.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Erap’s gambit
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The winner in former President Joseph Estrada’s efforts to unite
all opposition presidential wannabes under one banner is …Erap
himself.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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LGUs averse to
challenges of fiscal autonomy
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Sen. Chiz Escudero recently proposed an increase in the internal
revenue allotment (IRA) of local government units (LGUs), currently
pegged at 40 percent of national revenue taxes.
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Y E G A
P
By Anna Marie Periquet
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The port to entrepreneur
ship
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My post as chairman of the Young Entrepreneurs Group of Asia Pacific
gives me the distinct opportunity of meeting very inspiring
entrepreneurs from the region. In the following interview, Mr.
Wilson Jacob of India shares his ideas...
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FROM
THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Wow women
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A close friend recently resigned from a glamorous TV job to
concentrate on raising her two little ones.
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ANALYSIS
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If opposition wins
on Sunday, bumpier US-Japan ride
seen
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Long the staunchest US ally in Asia, Japan looks
set Sunday for an electoral earthquake that experts predict could
shake but not break its relationship with Washington.
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LETTER
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On Sen. Escudero’s call for extension of poll
registration
Thank you for your editorial of Saturday, August
22 about the low new-voter registration.
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