A STORY is told about a devout lay minister who died and off he went to the next life. In the afterlife, one either goes to the top floor called “heaven” where the righteous get their just reward of eternal bliss. Those who have light sins go to the second floor called “purgatory” and the evil men a
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(Editor’s note: Singapore’s progress and prosperity can be attributed to the ‘total integrity of its civil service’ discussed in this article.)
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(Editor’s note: Singapore’s progress and prosperity can be attributed to the ‘total integrity of its civil service’ discussed in this article.)
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THE cat had a grand illusion. He actually believed he was a lion. He acted like one and studied every behavior of the lions to be as credible.
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WE, the people, by our attitude may be driving our government to over-reach and become over-ambitious. We set very high expectations of what the government must do. Many of us want it to do almost everything for us. At the same time, we prefer to leave the paying of taxes to all others save ourselve
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THE period between July 31 and August 12 when four broadcast journalists were gunned down has been the “worst two weeks” for press freedom in the Philippines, according to Inday Espina Varona, National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) chair. In fact, since press freedom was restored in
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JESUS spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens [har
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A THRONG of supporters were outside the airport to welcome him on that fateful day of August 21, 1983, when opposition stalwart Senator Benigno “Ninoy’’ S. Aquino Jr. came back to the Philippines to take the lead in strengthening the mainstream opposition and secure delayed political change. He was
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IT was one of those restaurants where tables are pretty close to one another, but the sound is good because of the carpets and one can hear conversations from others pretty well.
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IN an August 11 speech before the Philippines-Finland Association, former President Fidel V. Ramos, speaking strongly for the parliamentary system of government, said that the presidential system which “we Filipinos borrowed from the Americans has obviously not worked as well for us as it has for th
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TO the thinking person, the reports on massive cheating in the May 10 election can only raise the question: Is this possible in this day and age?
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THE complex nuances of our political culture surfaced anew the other day immediately after the announcement of the selection of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s new Cabinet members.
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