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Thursday, July 02, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Back to manual–and
on with the OES
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec)
was supposed to be ready to award the contract to provide the
technology, software and equipment for the first ever automated
elections in the Philippines in 2010.
Only in the Philippines
All of a sudden—and this is
another incredible Only-in-the-Philippines entry—the two
corporations that were supposed to be joint venture partners in the
consortium broke apart. According to the Philippine-based Total
Information Management Corp. (or TIM) it and the foreign-based
partner, Smartmatic International, had “irreconcilable
differences.” The latest speculations that media, including The
Times, have reported to the public say the differences were mainly
about money and control over the money and the power to control the
fortunes of the would-be consortium.
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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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FROM THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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Taguig as a drug
trade ‘hub’
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Taguig City came back into the limelight as a
“flourishing” drug trade center with the arrest last week of a
suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation by operatives of the
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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Jackson, Fawcett
and Grace
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No matter how death is certain, we will always be
surprised by death. The past week witnessed the death of three
people I know. Indeed, who does not know the “King of Pop” and
“Charlie’s Angel”? ...
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DEVELOPMENT
DIALOGUE
By Nora O. Gamolo
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Upgrading weather
study in RP
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With at least 20 typhoons battering it every year,
and virtually all points in the country vulnerable to the damage
they cause, the Philippines has lately emerged as one of the
climate-change hot spots in the world.
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PROMETHEUS BOUND
By Ma. Finesa Cosico
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Science for the
people (2): food security and self-sufficiency
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Reports nearly a month ago announced the news that
the number of hungry people has reached more than a billion people
in the world. In the Philippines, recent surveys reflected the
effect of the economic downturn...
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OPEN NOTEBOOK
RANDOM JOTTINGS
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An intimate
evening with Haydn
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WHAT’S in a name? Quite a lot, as it
happens—especially if it is pronounced the same way, even though
it is spelled differently, as a similar name that has been front,
back and center on the national stage in recent weeks...
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TWO PRESS STATEMENTS
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TUCP to DOLE:
Require large firms to submit anti-flu plans
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The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP)
has urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to compel
large firms employing more than 500 workers to promptly submit their
“preparedness plans”...
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LETTER
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‘Safe
use’ of asbestos is a myth
The threat of Influenza A(H1N1) in the workplace and
elsewhere has caught the attention of everyone.
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