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Saturday, January 17, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Desperation
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THE record number of commuters
who took the Light Rail Transit on Friday to go to Quiapo and join
in celebrating the Feast of the Black Nazarene says a lot about the
desperation sweeping the nation.
As the global financial crisis
pushes economies into recession, a problem that burned the monied
class is taking its toll on people who don’t have much to come by.
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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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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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The legislative
focus on agriculture
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Sen. Loren Legarda, the new chairman of the Senate
Committee on Agriculture, is really putting her ears to the ground.
She may not have as much knowledge of agriculture as her
predecessor,...
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Positioning
subordinate clauses – II
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In last week’s column, I pointed out that the
improper placement of the subordinate phrase “while sweeping at
the road shoulder of the Bataan superhighway . . .” is
semantically...
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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A day in Caliraya
watershed
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It was either a meeting with Secretary Durano of the
Department of Tourism or planting trees in Caliraya Watershed. I
chose the latter and even though I went home totally wet and
shivering, it was worth it.
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DOUBLE
TAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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Jewish-Muslim
coexistence
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PEOPLE appear to believe that the Jews and the
Muslims have no points of convergence for them to stop the bloodshed
in Palestine’s Gaza Strip.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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The emerging
presidentiables
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It’s fiesta time in the Philippines. The so-called
presidentiables or those people with presidential ambitions and
think can make it to the presidency have begun to fan out to the
provinces in search of votes and voters.
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ANALYSIS
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Hamas Leaders
Under Pressure To Say “Yes”
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RAMALLAH: As officials from different countries
voiced “progress” in reaching a truce in the Gaza Strip, the
Israeli military offensive on the ground witnessed a day of
escalation on Thursday.
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LETTER
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Is The Times
anti-Semitic?
All your columnists have been attacking Israel and ignoring the
fact that Hamas has killed through the years as many Israelis as the
Israeli army have during the ongoing Israeli offensive against the
Hamas terrorists.
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