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Wednesday, May 06, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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ADB, ‘rebalancing’ and Filipinos
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The two-day Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 42nd annual general
meeting ended yesterday happily impressed by the latest signs of
global economic and financial recovery. Signs show that China, in
particular, appears to have definitely begun its recovery from the
global meltdown and that the whole world is going to recover, albeit
mildly, next year.
To the Asian countries, ADB will surely be a
major factor in propelling the recovery. Last week, the ADB’s
governors agreed to triple the 42-year-old bank’s capital base to
US$165 billion.
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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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Viewers tune out
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Some media quarters continue to castigate GMA 7 and Solar Sports for
the “mind-numbing barrage” of commercials that accompanied the
delayed telecast of the Pacquiao-Hatton fight. The thought that
immediately came to this corner’s mind was: Look who’s talking.
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ENTHUSIASMS&FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Global secularism
gains ground
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PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s rise to the US presidency has created a
new “Axis of Secularism” writes Carl Anderson in the Zenit
website.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Not letting a crisis
go to waste
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In dealing with the swine flu, or A(H1N1), the administration should
take the cue from the mantra of the Obama people: don’t let a
crisis go to waste.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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‘Swine flu’
Precautionary Measures 101
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How long should one wash his hands as a precautionary measure
against being infected with the A(H1N1) virus, more popularly
misnamed as “swine flu?” Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd
knows the answer: As long as the singing of the song “Happy
Birthday to You.”
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FROM
THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Voting Smart
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Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao has done us proud again.
Winning the bout against British Ricky Hatton
with a left hook in the second round of the match is definitely a
glorious moment for a nation used to being looked down on.
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ANALYSIS
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India’s Congress reaches out to Left to form govt
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NEW DELHI, May 5, 2009: Rahul Gandhi, heir to India’s powerful
Congress dynasty, reached out to the communists on Tuesday to help
form a new government if his party wins marathon general elections.
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