MONTH-long festivities started on May 1, 2004, in observance of Makati City’s 334th Foundation Day. A grand parade on its anniversary today will cap the celebration.
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WHAT if on 30 June we still do not have an officially proclaimed president? The Senate president is third in line of succession, according to the 1987 Constitution, so Franklin Drilon will take over. I think life will go on and it will be business as usual. Chances are the peso will stumble but no
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IN its “quest’’ for the truth about the elections, the Coalition of Hope, the national coalition for honest and peaceful elections, put out a paid newspaper advertisement last 18 May, ending with a quote from Pope St. Felix II: “Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to sup
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Today, the Philippines takes over as president of the United Nations Security Council, a once-in-quarter-century chance for an elected non-permanent member of the “world’s most powerful club” to assume this honor. There are five permanent members to the august council and ten who are elected. The P
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IF you watched last week’s proceedings of the joint session of Congress and saw the angry crowds on both sides of the streets nearby, you would think we were at the brink of a serious national crisis. If indeed we were, it was easy to blame those whom the people did not vote for in office – the lose
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(Marcelo H. del Pilar, better known by his pen name, Plaridel, was the most intelligent and indefatigable leader of the Filipino separatists in the 1880’s. He was the real soul of the Propaganda Movement which preceded the Philippine Revolution of 1896. Born in Bulacan on August 30, 1850, he was a l
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MUCH has been said about governance during the election campaign. Now that the winners are in process of being proclaimed, they would now have to redeem the promises they made about good governance.
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AT the Joint Session of Congress last May 27, 2004, Cebu Reps. Clavel Martinez, Tony Cuenco, and Raul del Mar showed the rest of the country convincing proof why President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo won this election.
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MYANMAR — The Golden Triangle and its infamous trade may soon be history. Radical changes in local drug policies are sweeping across Myanmar, banning opium and flattening leafy poppy flowers by the field.
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(Editor’s note: Human nature tends to ignore rules on term limit and family dynasty cited in this column.)
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SOME Pharisees and Herodians came to Jesus to ensnare Him in His speech. They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are a truthful Man and that You are not concerned with anyone’s opinion. You do not regard a person’s status but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it law
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