RONALD W. Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, passed away at the age of 93 on June 5, 2004. His death led many people all over the world to evaluate his role in the post-1945 Cold War era as well as his impact on other domestic and international events that took place during his adminis
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IF there is to be a single focus for this country, we have suggested it should be unity. In the recently published book, The Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew, Mr. Lee says of the Philippines: “[They] had so many able, educated people... Workers were English-speaking.
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LATIN America, as you know, was colonized by the Spaniards and the Americans. We are, therefore, brothers under the skin, or to put it elegantly, “under the bells’’ and “the sun and stripes.’’ We can relate to their painful feelings about democracy.
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TODAY the RTC judges join the Supreme Court (SC) officials and employees in a parade on the 103rd anniversary of the SC and Courts of First Instance (now regional trial courts). For years, the judges have not been singing their “Philippine Judges Association Hymn’’ during flag ceremonies, although t
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THE kutsero had one big dream. To see his only son go to college and earn a degree. To this end he set aside part of his daily earnings for the educational fund. He also worked extra-long hours, seven days a week.
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(Valedictory speech by Sen. LOREN LEGARDA delivered in the Senate session hall on June 10, 2004)
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IN the recent national convention of the Philippine Heart Association, cardiologists were of one mind that preventive care should be given the highest priority in combatting the number one killer today, which is heart disease. Central to preventive care is a healthy lifestyle which includes a balan
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IF the word monotonous was not invented, many marriages would end up happily ever after. But this is not happening in some cases, and couples are seeking ways and means to get out of the doldrums.
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IT was by virtue of Act 136 of the Second Philippine Commission, the Judiciary Law, that the Supreme Court was established on June 11, 1901. Subsequently, through the Administrative Code of 1917, the Supreme Court was ordained as the highest tribunal with a membership of nine – a Chief Justice and e
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INDEPENDENCE Day slogan: Ang galing ng Filipino. Pero hindi marunong bumilang.
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“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.”
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NOTE: In honor of Freedom Day (June 12), I am herewith reprinting a poem I wrote shortly after our Liberation from Japanese Occupational Forces in 1945.
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JESUS said to the Twelve, “As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give. Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts; no sack for the journe
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