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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Culture of
dishonesty,
lawlessness and cruelty
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On Tuesday, June 30, as 52
journalists representing Metro Manila and Mindanao-based media
organizations were proceeding to evacuation sites for war-displaced
persons in Datu Piang, Maguindanao, soldiers of the Army’s 46th
Infantry Battalion stopped the media convoy along the Cotabato-General
Santos highway.
Those in the lead car of the
nine-vehicle convoy were asked if they were from the media. The
soldiers could not tell the journalists why they were being held
against their will. They just said that they would be “released”
once “clearance” was given by Col. Medardo Geslani, commander of
the 601st Infantry Brigade.
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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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Real score on
drugs
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Vicente “Tito” Sotto 3rd has been fighting
illegal drugs for so long that he has now become one of the
country’s top authorities on the problem—as well as its
solution.
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ENTHUSIASMS
&FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Obama promises to
respect consciences
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DOCTORS, nurses and other health care professionals
whose consciences cannot let them commit the crime of murder by
participating in abortions fear losing their jobs under the Obama
administration.
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SUNDAY STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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A region of
violence has to redeem itself
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Mindanao is a place blessed by the heavens. Fertile
soil, dazzling seascapes for tourism and strategic seaports,
typhoon-free weather for whole-year round cultivation of crops,
mines and natural resources.
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INSIDE CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Where are the
needed political reforms?
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REFORMS are needed to strengthen political parties,
to keep a few elite families from becoming political dynasties and
to ensure that elections would be a contest of ideas, not just of
personalities.
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FROM THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Mamang Pulis?
Alive?
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We’re so used to the caricature of the abusive
policeman that it’s always a pleasant surprise to encounter one
that seems to be a regular person.
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ANALYSIS
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SBY’s reelection
expected today in world’s 3rd largest democracy
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JAKARTA: Indonesia votes today (Wednesday) in only
its second direct presidential election since the fall of the
Suharto dictatorship, with incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
expected to win...
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Backgrounder on G8
summit
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BEIJING: The leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) will
gather in the central Italian city of L’Aquila on July 8 for the
annual G8 summit.
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