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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Green shoots of economic recovery
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MODEST growth among listed companies in the first three months of
the year suggests that the Philippine economy may have escaped a
contraction in the first quarter.
This is evident among consumer-oriented firms
ranging from fast-food chain Jollibee to mall operator SM Prime and
telcos PLDT and Globe.
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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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Bayani swims against
the tide
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In the middle of a busy inter-section in Marikina City stands the
statue of a man wearing a ball cap, windbreaker and jeans. One of
the arms is raised in the leftist clenched-fist salute.
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DURIAN
By Amina Rasul
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Religion and
peacemaking (part 2)
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(Editor’s note: Durian normally comes out on Sundays. Part 1 of
“Religion and peacemaking” appeared on Sunday May 10. This
Durian column, which is Part 2, should have come out last Sunday May
17 but did not due to a computer glitch.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Second regular
session on the homestretch
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With only six session days left before the second regular session
adjourns sine die, congressmen and senators need to exert Herculean
effort to pass priority measures.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Into the next
perditions
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The next president of the republic will get enough relief from the
downgrading of three major national problems from the status of
killer hurricanes to still bothersome but no longer life-threatening
tropical depressions.
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FROM
THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Scam or marketing
strategy?
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For years we’ve been hearing complaints about how shoppers were
swindled into buying items to qualify for and win in a raffle or
some other promotional campaign.
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ANALYSIS
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Arming sailors no answer to piracy menace–experts
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KUALA LUMPUR: Arming sailors or deploying mercenaries onboard ships
to combat pirate attacks would escalate violence and create a legal
minefield, maritime experts and ship owners said Monday.
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