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Saturday, March 14, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Launch Stimulus Projects Pronto
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THE country’s economic managers may be celebrating the decline in
inflation, but viewed against a global slowdown, that local
development should come as no surprise.
Any economist worth his salt knows that when
demand slows, price increases ease. Our government officials need
only look around them to see that inflation elsewhere in the world
has fallen from last year’s peak.
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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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To change society one
has to interpret it
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The title of course is an inversion of what Marx said that
“philosophers have interpreted the world in various ways; the
point however is to change it”–inscribed on his tomb in Highgate,
London.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Suddenly, Gilbert
Teodoro
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I was all set to predict that Lakas would adopt Sen. Manny Villar of
the Nacionalista Party as its 2010 presidential candidate when
Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro suddenly announced his interest in
running for the post.
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DOUBLE
TAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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‘Lupang Hinarang’
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DIRECTOR Ditsi Carolino, in her latest film, trains her sight on the
shocking inhumanities committed on our peasant farmers by the
landlord class in conspiracy with the highest government officials.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Battle of the Titans
(2)
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This is the second part of my “Battle of the Titans,” the fight
for supremacy among the groups of San Miguel, Ayala and Manuel
Pangilinan of PLDT, Metro Pacific Investments Corp. and First
Pacific. Among those at stake are ownership and control of such
large companies as Meralco and Petron.
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Philippine Landscapes
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Our country is fraught with landscapes. We have mountains, valleys,
forests, lakes, rivers, agricultural fields and urban sprawl.
According to Sinha and Heaney, a landscape is a large area
consisting of a mosaic of ecosystems and habitats...
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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How To Handle Quoted Material –
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What’s the proper way to handle quoted material in our writing?
This is one grammar skill that I know has yet to
be mastered by many first-time...
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A way out of the financial crisis
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LONDON: We face the most difficult economic conditions in
generations. The international community must unite to tackle the
downturn and set the path toward a sustainable future.
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