THE Federal Republic of Germany, composed of 16 states, celebrates today the 15th anniversary of the unification of East and West Germany which had been separated by different social systems after World War II. The fall of the Berlin Wall was the symbol of the reunification of the two countries under a democratic system.
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EXECUTIVE Order 464 may be more destructive than creative, but the billions of pesos contained in the appropriations bill for "healing the wounds of EDSA" is a creative masterpiece. Whoever thought of the item deserves the highest decoration within the gift of government.
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I AM one of those very saddened by the resignation of Ombudsman Sonny Marcelo due to health reasons. While I wish Sonny relief from all the stress-related ailments that have been bothering him and a return to some normalcy in his life, I am truly disheartened that the government is losing one of its finest, most decent, and most credible officials.
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TO avoid embarrassment, sometimes we express a preference, conviction even, to talk with no one else but God. We can even put in that great rationalization: Why talk with another human person, when there is a God we can talk directly with.
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THERE is some irony that the law enacted in the Marcos administration, demonized for decades as the prime violator of human rights, should now be used against the present democratic govern-ment’s moves against the holding of rallies.
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AS a matter of routine, a columnist gets regularly a pigeonhole-full of publicity materials heralding events hereabouts — some sundry, some interesting. I sift them as to which are more deserving of one’s presence.
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TODAY, the Republic of Korea celebrates its 4337th founding (also called Gaecheonjeol Day) by the legendary King Dangun. An outward-oriented economic development strategy, which used exports as the engine of growth, contributed greatly to the radical economic transformation of Korea after 1962.
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ORDER ni Misis: Walang magsasalita. Puwesto mo mawawala.
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HOW is it contrary to the Constitution for the President to issue Executive Order 464, as she did, prohibiting Cabinet members, military, and police personnel, and other officials from testifying in legislative inquiries before they secure presidential clearance — if the President would want to know in advance whether the matter sought to the inquired into is in aid of legislation?
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THE Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a set of targets set by the United Nations for the entire world. They include improving the living conditions of at least a hundred million slum dwellers by 2020, and halving the amount of people who lack access to safe drinking water.
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Luke 10:25-37
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