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Thursday, July 23, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Telcos, VAS and NTC:
Lawmakers must act now
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CONSUMER relief from unsolicited
text messages may not be forthcoming in the near term after
companies that earn their keep from push messages separately filed
petitions seeking to halt a regulatory ban.
These companies filed two
separate petitions before the Pasig Regional Trial Court and the
Quezon City Regional Trial Court, seeking a 20-day temporary
restraining order (TRO), while they deliberate on the merits of a
judicial restraint on the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
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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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Rescue of 200 OFWs
trapped in Beirut war recaled
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Twenty years ago this month, I led a Philippine
Embassy team on a mission to rescue overseas Filipino workers (OFWs),
mostly women, in the teeth of a raging civil war between Christians
living east of Beirut,...
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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Urgent state of
the nation
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That the Philippines is not really a state is not a
new argument. From the time of the founding Katipuneros, across
countless revolutions, to the present struggles for justice and
equality,...
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Bad telcos
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PLDT-Smart and Globe Telecom seem to have perfected
the science and art of milking their subscribers and consumers dry
of every last cent of profit and still appear generous in the
process.
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PROMETHEUS BOUND
By Giovanni Tapang, Ph.D.
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Science for the
people (5): National industrialization
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While the global economic crisis refuses to yield to
any of the fixes, bailouts and crisis management of the governments
of the top industrial countries, Third World economies remain
vulnerable to the hiccups...
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DEVELOPMENT
DIALOGUE
B Y Nora O. Gamolo
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Mindanao on
national, international agenda
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No Mindanao bombing has been reported in the last two
weeks after the announcement that President Gloria Arroyo received
an invitation (or a summon, as critics insist) to visit the United
States after she delivers...
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OPEN NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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JdV and Lakas make
stand in Buenos Aires
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AFTER being in the political doldrums of late, former
Speaker Jose de Venecia, gets the opportunity to shine on the
international scene again when he leads the Philippine delegation to
the first ever bi-regional meeting..
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LETTER
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Reader
defends Energy Sec. Reyes
Mr. Dan Mariano missed the bottom line when he hit Energy
Secretary Angelo Reyes through issues allegedly raised against the
official by faceless
...
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