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Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Resume GRP-MILF talks–without KL
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We are glad the peace talks between the Government of the Republic
of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
will still resume despite the opposition of a lot of parties,
notably the Senate and the media (including this paper). For talks
should not go on unless the MILF central leadership’s sincerity
and ability to control its commanders are established beyond doubt.
The calls to halt moves to resume the peace
negotiations were made after 23 soldiers were killed by a combined
force of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists and MILF combatants in a
barangay in Basilan province on August12 to 13.
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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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Money for nothing
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GOVERNMENT officials who are eyeing elective posts have already
spent at least P117 million in taxpayers’ money on their so-called
infomercials, according to the Commission on Audit (COA), and that
is not even the grand total because not...
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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GRP-MILF and the
land issue in Maguindanao
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Is the land issue in Maguindanao being addressed by the Philippine
government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in their
peace talks? Maguindanao is already predominantly Muslim so this
isn’t about “getting back” Moro land from...
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Death of a dream
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Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy, possibly the greatest of the four
legendary Kennedy brothers, died on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, of
brain tumor, a disease discovered in May 2008.
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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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‘Take or pay’
clause in the Laiban project
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After our column about the Laiban dam project of the Manila
Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) appeared on August 11, 2009, a
friend of mine called me to say that there is nothing wrong with the
project except the “take or...
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“POLITICS
OF COURSE”
By Buddy Cunanan
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All the right moves
by Manny V.
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The latest Pulse Asia survey shows Manny Villar with a strong
25-percent rating, leading the pack of aspiring presiden-tiables.
Coming on the heels of a similar Social Weather Stations survey that
places him at the top of the heap, it’s clear that if current
trends continue, he will be the man to beat in 2010.
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PERSPECTIVES
By Jose V. Romero Jr. Ph.D.
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SMEs and rural
mobilization
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People in the provinces today are less poor than they were a couple
of decades ago, thanks to the redistribution of incomes brought
about mostly by the dispersal of economic activity, specifically of
SMEs, but this is not to say that...
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LETTER
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Be careful when God talks to you
It’s true. Those who have a solid life of
prayer—who go to confession as often as once a week, pray the
Rosary everyday, read a page or two of the Bible and...
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