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Saturday, March 07, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Overseas jobs beckon
as crisis deepens
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President Gloria Arroyo touched
the right chord in the hearts of thousands of overseas Filipino
workers (OFWs) when she announced the other day that 500,000
jobs await them in countries suffering from acute labor shortages.
“For every job that a Filipino
loses overseas, there are 100 jobs available,” she said, raising
the morale of OFWs depressed by news of job losses abroad as a
result of the deepening global economic 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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THE
OTHER VIEW
By Elmer A. Ordoñez
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No country for old
men
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Whenever I see school mates of my generation in the
Senate crucify witnesses in their probes “in aid of legislation”
I ask myself why can’t they be more gentle to people even though
they seem to have committed...
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INSIDE CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Road to poll
automation finally paved
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Poll automation, here we come! The Philippines will
step out of the antiquated manual voting system and enter the world
of automation with the approval of the P11.3-billion supplemental
budget of the Commission...
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
Z
By Tony Lopez
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The Ombudsman
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Ombudsman Ma. Merceditas Gutierrez is under fire. An
impeachment case has been filed against her in the House of
Representatives.
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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A weekend in
Surigao
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I had my fill of fresh air, fresh seafood and fresh
stories from our partner communities in Lanuza and Cortes, Surigao
del Sur the other week.
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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The English
mealtime vocabulary
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A few days ago, while I was going over my e-mail
archives for this column, my eye was drawn to this postscript from a
Filipina reader who had written me from London over six years ago:
“Oh, also,...
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Briefing on
Philippine illegal-drug situation
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(In yesterday’s issue, we printed the first part of
“Briefing on the Drug Situation and Government Responses to the
Drug Problem” presented by Secretary Sotto during the launching...
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LETTER
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Something to be
upbeat about
Regarding your stories and editorial (“Malacañang, Foggy
Bottom and ‘jueteng’” March 3, 2009) on the US State
Department Report on the Philippines:
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