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Friday, January 16, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Support the President as drug-war czarina
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PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo’s appointment of herself on Tuesday as the
“czar” to lead the government’s fight against illegal drugs
has been attacked by some quarters.
Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casino and many
other opposition personalities have said President Arroyo was
“over-acting and grandstanding.” But some citizens have come out
in Mrs. Arroyo’s defense. (See Letters.)
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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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Nervous over
rice–again
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It is that time of the year again when our collective
attention—the part of it, anyway, that does not allow itself to be
distracted by politicians’ antics—to food. In particular, our
collective focus is nervously panning toward rice, the national
staple of this and many other Asian countries.
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HEADS
UP
By Joel P. Palacios
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A choice between
money and honey
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Many Filipino men think of sex as they watch the decline of the US
economy. They see a limp US economy. But they feel the excitement
behind the efforts to revive it.
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KAYA
NATIN
By Arnel Paciano Casanova
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The duty to act
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One of the essential pillars of a democracy is the right of the
citizen to the truth of the matters that are affecting his or her
life. Truth is an essence of justice. Truth is likewise the soul of
the right to self-determination, the ability of an...
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YOUTHOPIA
By Marylaine
Louise Viernes
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Do you languish, or
language?
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When I was very young, I always made a list of the things that I
wanted to accomplish in my life. This included the craziest, most
unattainable things that I aspired for, such as “have a vital stat
of 36-23 +-37, own a chain of the...
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AMBIENT
VOICES
By Ma. Isabel Ongpin
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‘Barong-Tagalog’
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Auniversally recognized material aspect of Filipino culture is the
barong-Tagalog, the loosely fitted, light and airy, finely
embroidered shirt made of exquisite hand-made cloth (usually jusi,
often piña, and now a welter of other materials)...
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ANALYSIS
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Qatar summit reveals new dispute: Who truly represents the Palestinians
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RAMALLAH: The Palestinian liberation organization (PLO) declared on
Tuesday that the only party who represents Palestinians in any
summits is the PLO, and “nobody else.”
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LETTER
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She defends GMA
as anti-drug czar
I am so appalled at the reaction of Bayan Muna
Representative Teddy Casino saying that President Arroyo was
“over-acting and grandstanding” when she...
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