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Thursday, July 09, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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G8, world hunger and poverty
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The G8 group of the world’s richest nations began its summit
yesterday, Wednesday, July 8. Its meeting ends on Friday the 10th,
tomorrow. The topmost leaders of these countries are expected to
lead mankind in ending the present economic and financial crisis.
They are expected to make firm decisions on how the world’s
commerce and banking should proceed henceforth. Then they should
exercise the clout they have as the world’s most powerful
countries to enforce the road map and get the rest of mankind to
follow suit.
There are four areas they must agree on and
offer the rest of the world a definite plan so that the global
economy gets out of its present tunnel of darkness and enter the
period of recovery from the present economic and financial crisis.
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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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A ‘winning’ poll
protest in peril?
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In the history of congressional elections—whether for members of
the Senate or the House of Representatives—the proclaimed winners
do not always enjoy the true mandate of the voters.
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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Freedom of religion
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We Filipinos are still a lucky lot. We have our cherished freedoms
which we routinely abuse including the freedom to believe, or not.
In supposedly progressive Malaysia, the story is different.
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WASHINGTON
POST WRITERS GROUP
By David Ignatius
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McNamara’s
complicated legacy
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: I grew up in the shadow of Robert McNamara, almost
literally. My father, Paul Ignatius, joined his team at the Pentagon
in 1961 and remained with him through the Vietnam years as a close
aide, and afterward...
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PROMETHEUS
BOUND
By Giovanni Tapang, Ph.D.
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Science for the
people (3): Public utilities
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In November 2002, the Supreme Court ordered Meralco to return
billions of pesos to its customers stemming from an overcharge of
16.7 centavos that the electricity distribution company collected
since February 1994.
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DEVELOPMENT
DIALOGUE
By Nora O. Gamolo
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Reporting on
Mindanao’s war front
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Journalists who joined the first ever combined coverage team of
Manila and Mindanao-based writers (including this writer) find
ominous the succession of bombings in different parts of Mindanao
after they concluded their almost aborted visit to evacuation
centers in Cotabato.
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OPEN
NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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Getting children
smart–with Smart
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FOR five years now, employee-volunteers of telecom leader Smart
Communications have been helping selected public school elementary
children who have difficulty reading encounter their problem via
Read-to-be-Smart (RTBS), a summer reading program.
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COMMENTARY
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The real Uighur story
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When the Chinese government, with the comfort of hindsight, looks
back on its handling of the unrest in Urumqi and East Turkestan this
week, it will most likely tell the world with great satisfaction
that it acted in the interests of maintaining stability.
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