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Thursday, September 17, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Is PNP stymied in probe into Fr. Cecilio Lucero’s murder?
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It’s now 11 days after the murder of Fr. Cecilio Lucero, who had
served as Catholic parish in Catubig and chairman of the human
rights committee of the Catarman Diocese in Northern Samar province.
There is no news of arrests whatsoever from the Philippine National
Police (PNP) or any of the law-enforcement agencies.
Is something holding back the PNP investigators?
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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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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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The pervasive influence of poll surveys
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THE recent poll survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showing
Noynoy Aquino far ahead of his rivals in the 2010 presidential race
may have caused rabid believers in surveys that the Liberal Party
standard bearer could well be the next president of the Republic.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Looking for a
competent and honest president
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The country is looking for a president who is both competent and
honest.
After the experience with President Joseph
Estrada, who was ousted in...
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PROMETHEUS
BOUND
By Jose Leon A. Dulce
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Where did that
gadget come from?
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We go out to the mall. We are entranced by countless displays of the
latest models of laptops, mobiles and iPods. With a little push and
persuasion from the salesperson, we buy these gadgets with reckless
abandon.
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OPEN
NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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Impressive role of PEZA in driving new employment
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THE success that has been attributed to the Philippine Economic Zone
Authority (PEZA) under dynamic chairperson Lilia de Lima can be put
down to continuity. In a rare departure for a job that comes as a
political appointment, de Lima has...
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PROFILE
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‘Mr. Clean’ will steer Japanese diplomacy
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TOKYO: Incoming Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada—dubbed “Mr.
Clean” for his straight-laced image—will play a key role in
reshaping Japan’s relations with the United States.
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Add a ninth ray–honoring Muslims–to our flag
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“A republic for a ray in the Philippine sun,” wrote Carmen
Guerrero Nakpil, then chairman of the National Historical Institute,
when the Ninth Ray Movement (NRM) was launched at the University of
the Philippines in 1969.
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ANALYSIS
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Is Putin strutting back to the Kremlin?
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MOSCOW: A confident Vladimir Putin is calling the shots ahead of
Russia’s 2012 presidential elections but still keeping the world
in suspense over whether he is plotting a return to the Kremlin,
analysts said.
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