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Friday, January 23, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Be pro-active, drop
drug testing in schools
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Random drug testing of high
school students, according to Education Secretary Jesli Lapus, will
start in February and run on till March.
His words about the
much-criticized project are comforting. He assures the public that
the process will not lead to corruption and that students tested
will not be subjected to humiliation. Apparently, the Department of
Education (DepEd) people and teachers involved in choosing the
students at random will keep their mouths shut. They will invent,
for the other students to swallow, reasons why some of them are
being asked to march to the clinic or the principal’s office.
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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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Catholic leaders
not too keen on Puno?
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Chief Justice Reynato Puno, after consulting with his
family, has declared he will not run for president.
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HEADS
UP
By Joel P. Palacios
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Kur Sen and Kur
Cong
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The words newspapers use to describe him would make
other men of lesser stature go on a rampage. Not Sen. Joker Arroyo.
Like other politicians he charms people with his wit, he stirs
thoughts with his logic,...
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YOUTHOPIA
By Marylaine
Louise Viernes
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Are you drugs?
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I don’t understand what the big fuss over the
“Alabang Boys” is all about; lately, that is all I get to read
about and listen to. When people speak of them, it’s as if
they’re the only offenders in world.
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AMBIENT
VOICES
By Ma. Isabel Ongpin
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Revisiting ‘A
Portrait of the Artist as Filipino’
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A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino by Nick Joaquin
is probably the best-known Filipino play. It is always a pleasure
and a useful provocation to see it.
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KAYA
NATIN
By Eirene Jhone
E. Aguila
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Time of
mediocrity–NOT
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Sixteen months shy of the 2010 elections, groups are
already abuzz with talk of who to support for president, vice
president and even for the senatorial positions that will be up for
grabs.
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Rotary Club speech
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New opportunity
for cross-strait relations
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President Dante “Klink” Ang
2nd, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen:
It is indeed a great privilege and pleasure for me to be invited
today to your luncheon meeting. Allow me to bring to all the
distinguished officers,...
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