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Tuesday, November 27, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Pardon and punishment
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THE issue facing the Philippine penal system is not the pardon,
deserved or not, of prisoners but the utter misery that dominates
the majority of city, municipal and provincial jails and, to a
certain extent, the national penitentiary.
Pardons and paroles are part of the penological
system but it is not their dispensation or denial alone that should
interest the House, the Senate, the Department of Interior and Local
Government, the Department of Justice, the Catholic Bishops
Conference of the Philippines or the public.
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O T H E R C O L U M N S A
N D F E A T U R E S
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POLICY
PEEK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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Retirement
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The Senate recently approved the Personal Equity Retirement Account
(PERA) bill which, its proponent, Sen. Edgardo Angara, says would
provide Filipino workers a dependable and sustainable retirement
plan.
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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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San Miguel Corp.
on Sumilao demands
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After we hosted in a forum the spokesman and lawyer of the marching
Sumilao farmers, I received a paper on how the giant San Miguel
Corp. acquired the property in San Vicente, Sumilao, Bukidnon. It
was a straightforward discussion of legal issues involving a land
conflict in Mindanao.
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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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Misplaced arrogance
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When President Macapagal-Arroyo granted former President Joseph
Estrada executive clemency last Oct. 25, I was among those who
quietly cheered. I believed that the ousted president has suffered
enough having been detained, albeit in his comfortable rest house in
the verdant hills of Tanay, Rizal, for six and a half years.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Remembering Ninoy
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Today, we mark the 75th birth anniversary of the late opposition
Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr.
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Former NPA rebels
seek protection
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At the height of the campaign for barangay elections, the Communist
Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army abducted Elizabeth
Gutierrez, barangay secretary and a candidate for barangay chairman
of Brgy. Cancaiyas, Basey, Samar.
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Malaysian Indian protests open new racial
faultline
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KUALA LUMPUR: Unprecedented street protests by
ethnic Indians have opened up a new faultline in Malaysia’s tense
race relations, posing a major problem for the government as it
faces elections, analysts said Monday.
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LETTER
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A clarification
By Augusto V. de Viana, Ph.D
National Historical Institute
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