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Saturday, May 23, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Amparo to the rescue
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An ironic thing has happened with the writ of amparo. Almost two
year ago, it was formally introduced into the Philippine legal
system to add a measure of protection (that’s what the Spanish
word “amparo” means) to the citizens who are virtually
defenseless against abusive holders of state power.
Chief Justice Reynato Puno and his associate
justices saw the need to institute the writ of amparo, a legal
mechanism actively used in the Spanish-speaking world, to force the
state—especially its military and police—to desist from harming
citizens.
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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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Now they are talking
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The chief justice has articulated what most everyone knows: that the
country “remains in the control of oligarchs because the
government is beholden to them.” (PDI, 5/17) He was quoted as
saying that the wealth of the country is in “the hands of very few
people.”
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Where’s
delicadeza?
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Sen. Jamby Madrigal did not disappoint me at all last Thursday when
the Senate Committee of the Whole voted on whether her complaint
against Sen. Manuel Villar had substantial credible evidence to
warrant further proceedings.
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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More on the
Alternative Mining Bill (AMB)
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Last May13, the Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), a national coalition of
NGOs and peoples organizations trooped to the Batasan Pambansa to
witness the filing of the Alternative Mining Bill (AMB) by Reps.
Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel and Walden...
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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It’s 35.5 mpg
for US cars in four years
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By 2016, the minimum autogas mileage standard in the United States
will be 35.5 miles per gallon.
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Common subject-verb
agreement pitfalls
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A Baguio City-based reader,Dr. Antonio Bautista, raised the
following interesting question about subject-verb agreement in Jose
Carillo’s English Forum, the website that I soft-launched three
weeks ago on the web:
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DOUBLE
TAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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Foster children
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CHILDREN have a right, as recognized under the Convention on the
Rights of the Child, to a family. This means that children have a
right to a family environment, with adults responsible for the
child’s growth and development.
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LETTER
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Unwise tax on books makes them a luxury
There must be a way to make the Department of
Finance people, specifically an Undersecretary called Estela Sales,
and whoever customs agents she is siding...
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