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Is it church meddling or duty to right a wrong?
BASED on her reading of the encyclical "Deus Caritas Est" given her by Pope Benedict XVI, President Arroyo has accused Msgr. Deogracias Iñiguez of violating church doctrine, if not also the constitutional provision on the separation of church and state when he filed his impeachment complaint against her.
National Day of France
FRANCE celebrates Bastille Day today. On July 14, 1789, the people of Paris rebelled and seized the royal fortress of Bastille. This event led to the historic French Revolution that inspired popular struggles for freedom in many other countries all over the world.
Supreme Court serious in agrarian reform commitment
FORMER Senator Wigberto Tañada, President of the Agrarian Justice Foundation and of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement; Dr. Ben Malayang III, President of the Silliman University; Dean of the College of Law, Dean Miles Bejar, Professor Sedfrey Candelaria, Chairman of Special Areas of Concern and Head of Research, Publications and Linkages Office of the Philippine Judiciary Academy; Mr. Conrado S. Navarro, Executive Trustee, Agrarian Justice Foundation, Inc., honored guests; ladies and gentlemen – good afternoon.
The 14th Philippine International Franchise Conference and Expo: A world of opportunities
THE word franchising has been used to describe many different forms of business relationships that include licensing, distributor, and agency arrangements. The more popular use of the term has arisen from the development of what is called business format franchising, which allows the franchisor to make use of an entire package that includes all the elements necessary to establish a business and run it with assistance.
Australia's John Howard up for a 5th straight term
SYDNEY — Martin Luther King had a dream.
30 years of cordial relations with Vietnam
WE are gathered today to celebrate an enduring friendship between two peoples and two countries.
Capability building
WE have had a disastrous agrarian reform program. The people in it were trying their best but the structure was not there. Land was given to the farmers but the other necessary ingredients to make it succeed were not there. There was no financing, a bit of technology, no marketing, but most of all there was no capability building of the recipients to make the program succeed. In the micro finance program, the poverty problem was approached from a different angle, the finance angle. The wives of farmers who had time on their hands were given access to financing. This had a two pronged solution. One prong harnessed the idle time of the women and by the other they had financing which enabled them to be entrepreneurs. For the most part, micro finance has been a success from the innovation of Mr. Mohamed Yunus of Bangladesh. But even Grameen, which is Mr. Yunus’ organization, is now talking of small business. And for this capability building is necessary. All it means is that the participants are taught how to become entrepreneurs by running them through some training in financial recording and control and management rudiments. They must be taught to plan, execute, evaluate, and then plan again both short term and long range. They must be taught how to record and control their income and expenses. These are the basics that can be taught to groups. Technology, marketing, and financing also have to be provided but these have to be furnished in a more individualized basis. In livelihood, where they hire only themselves and family members, any problems in these areas can be overcome with hard work since the size of the entity is miniscule. But in small business where the capitalization becomes bigger and the hiring of others is needed, entrepreneurship and good management have to be taught.
Coming persecutions
Matthew 10:16-23
Teamwork
IN any run-of-the-mill gauging, the importance of teamwork is best applied when assessing the potentials of a sports team. "Magaling ang ‘teamwork’ n’yan," they say. And for this the chances of snatching the championship trophy are better.
Aurora province ready for takeoff
AURORA in Spanish means dawn. Aurora Province is literally at the dawn of more rapid economic development after decades of neglect, as its present leaders are mobilizing resources to give a major push to countryside and agricultural development.
What the people don’t know
ONE Voice has finally managed to get the money to counter the apparently wellfunded groups campaigning for Charter change. In a full-page advertisement for this paper, it outlined what the people do not know about Chacha. While items on popular ignorance are not comprehensive, the main, most significant, point is that One Voice (whose motto is "speak for REAL change") wants a constitutional convention instead of a constituent assembly.
Comelec modernization program
COMELEC insiders are asking questions on the actuations of certain officials relative to the election modernization program, now effectively consigned to the dustbin of history.
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