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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Suu Kyi and
Burma’s gorillas
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Like the gorillas ruling the
Planet of the Apes, Burma’s generals yesterday (Monday May 18) put
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on trial for what our government has called
trumped-up charges. (Daw is a Burmese honorific that may be
translated “Lady”)
The daughter of Burma’s
foremost modern-day hero, the international democracy icon Suu Kyi,
is accused by her Planet of the Apes clone oppressors of harboring
an American who swam to her home where she is under house arrest. If
this incident had not happened, her latest period of detention—a
six-year term—would have ended on May 27.
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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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POLICY PEEK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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Consumer
complaints
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THIS column is not a consumer complaints section but
I’ve been getting a lot of mail (electronic and snail) of the type
it’s hard not to give attention to some of them.
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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Will CARP be
extended?
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Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. is one
senator who believes that the land reform law (CARP) will be
extended soon by the act of Congress. President GMA is for CARP
extension and is waiting for the draft...
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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First quarter
earnings show strong RP economy
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Those who still doubt that nothing is really wrong
with the Philippine economy should look at the first quarter results
of leading listed companies. They show an upbeat economy even as
two-thirds of the world...
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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No healthcare for
the poor majority
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Malaysia is a country I’ve long wanted to visit and
a couple of weeks ago I finally had the chance, courtesy of Kiwanis
International. Unfortunately, I ended up in a hospital in Cebu City
instead, with dengue fever.
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MEN & EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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On being out of
job
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In times like this when layoffs and job cuts seem to
be the order of the day, I could not help remembering the days when
I myself was out of job.
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Sri Lanka declares
final victory over Tiger rebels
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COLOMBO: The feared Tamil Tigers
are no more.
Sri Lanka’s military declared a final victory Monday in its
decades-old conflict with the Tamil Tigers,...
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LETTER
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Sol-Gen
clarifies case of
Dear PAO letter writer
Jam Espiritu
This refers to the letter published in Atty. Persida Acosta’s
column Dear PAO sent by a certain Jam Espiritu
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