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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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The tragedy–and tragedies–at DepEd
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THE warning we gave more than a week ago has come to pass. As we
speak, the H1N1 virus is spreading through the country’s
educational system.Last week, De La Salle University (DLSU)
suspended classes until mid-June after students were found to have
been infected by the deadly virus.
Besides DLSU, six other universities pushed back
classes for at least a week, some for a few weeks.
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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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Manila, toxic capital
of RP
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As this was being written Monday, the Supreme Court had yet to
respond to a plea from Secretary Joselito Atienza of the Department
of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to nullify Manila City
Ordinance 8187.
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ENTHUSIASMS&FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Isolated,
marginalized ‘Christers’
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Are you a “Christer”? A “Christer” is what the late William
Buckley found out many of his friends—or, anyway,
acquaintances—called him and those who took their Catholic
religion positively.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Poking (rudely)
into lives with a purpose
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In mature democracies, appointments to the Supreme Court are
milestone events. Everything about the nominees, their personal
lives, judicial rulings (if they are judges of lower courts),
speeches, legal writings, even their work as...
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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New district for
President’s son faces tough time in the Senate
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The bill creating a new congressional district in Camarines Sur is
in for rough sailing in the Senate Committee on Local Governments
headed by Sen. Noynoy Aquino.
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FROM
THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Who’s next?
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When a senator from the landed gentry pedals a bicycle cart in
Manila’s slums to bond with street children and a multimillionaire
one attempts to make our hearts bleed with a telenovela line about
his difficult childhood in Tondo’s filth, the elections season
must be upon us.
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June 14 is World Blood Donor Day 2009
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(Message on June 9, 2009 at the Department of
Health)
Held every 14th of June throughout the world, World Blood Donor Day
provides a unique opportunity to thank millions of people who give
their blood voluntarily.
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LETTER
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Pentagon gang destroys a city
The Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom gang is at it
again. After releasing one of its victims in Kabacan, North Cotabato,
it struck again this time in the heartland of...
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