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Week of Prayer and Action
AMIDST the global food and oil crisis, Christian students from various schools and members of church youth organizations have bonded together to engage in a week-long campaign directed at encouraging them to be more involved in the affairs of their communities, and the nation as a whole.
France has plenty to celebrate
By Beth Day Romulo
HERE in Manila, France celebrated its Bastille Day with a well-attended reception at the Sofitel Tent, on July 14th, the date that the French celebrate when the Bastille fortress, which symbolized royal authority, fell during the French Revolution. But France has more to celebrate this month than its traditional national day, which was hosted here by Ambassador Gerard Chesnel and his wife. On July 12th, France took over the rotating presidency of the European Union, for six months. The energetic and dynamic French president Nicolas Sarkozy has many plans which he hopes to realize in his tenure as EU president, and none grander than the idea of a Mediterranean Union, joining the North and South. If you look at a map of Europe and the Middle East, you will see that the 27 member nations of the European Union look across the Mediterranean to the rising power of the Middle East: Turkey (which has long been on a waiting list to join the EU), Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. In the area formerly plagued by ethnic and religious tensions, a new hope for peace reigns. Lebanon and Syria have signed an agreement to open embassies in their respective countries. Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the Palestine Authority, president Mahmoud Abbas who had a pre-summit meeting with President Sarkozy, claim they are closer to a peace agreement than they have ever been. Israel and Hezbollah (based in Lebanon) agreed to exchange prisoners.
16 tons of poison in Antique waters
By Romeo V. Pefianco
WITH Princess, Sulpicio Shipping, endosulfan, and all investigators dominating the headlines since June 21, not one curious soul from Congress, BMI, PAGASA and Malacañang ever expressed serious concern about sea water poisoning in Antique, Aklan (including Boracay) and the islands of Mindoro and Romblon.
Analysis
By BRIAN MURPHY
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD – It was long past sunrise and still no clue:
Diabetics are getting younger
DIABETES is a chronic disease that affects millions of individuals, including 3.36 million Filipinos. It is the ninth leading cause of death in the Philippines. Contrary to the myth that diabetes is caused by eating too much sugar, diabetes mellitus is a body disorder that prevents the body from utilizing the energy from the food it takes in. Glucose is a sugar that results from the digestion of food. Glucose enters the bloodstream, is carried to the cells of the body, and provides the energy that keeps the body alive and functioning well.
Analysis
By REUTERS
NEW DELHI — Often seen as an honest but ineffectual man, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proved his toughness when he secured his government’s survival and stood firm over a nuclear deal with the United States.
People speak
By Cerge M. Remonde
ON Monday, July 28, 2008, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will address the Joint Session of Congress, to deliver her State of the Nation Address (SONA), the 8th from when she first took the President’s oath.
The purpose of parables
Matthew 13:10-17
Strategic situation: Where are we?
By JESUS P. ESTANISLAO
IT is in the exercise of responsible citizenship that on the occasion of the SONA, ordinary citizens need to gather together to look at the ten years just passed. We should then ask ourselves the same questions that the President should be asking in preparing the SONA: What have we, as a people, accomplished? Together with the President, we then ask: What direction should we set for ourselves so we, as one people, can be great at last.
New perspective in the ASEAN?
By HERN P. ZENAROSA
MAYBE it is lack of perspective that makes possible the inexplicable development that hounds the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; but it could be self-interest.
Unpopular? So what?
By JULIE YAP DAZA
INSTEAD of trying to appease jeepney drivers with her appeal to the oil companies to cut diesel prices last week, GMA was thrown brickbats this way and that.
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