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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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The memo on libel
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READ the Supreme Court’s
Administrative Circular No. 8 and be reassured. The memo does not
say that judges should only fine, not mete imprisonment, on persons
convicted of libel. The circular does not decriminalize the crime of
libel.
A number of government officials,
including Sergio Apostol, the chief presidential legal counsel, say
that the SC circular is an attempt to amend the law on libel, a
prerogative of Congress. Others, like Justice Secretary Raul
Gonzalez, say the circular is tantamount to class legislation
because it tends to favor only journalists or the profession of
journalism.
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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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For decent jobs
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High oil prices, the subprime mess, fears of an
economic slowdown, all these would have a negative effect on the
worldwide employment situation this year, according to the annual
Global Employment Trends report...
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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The SC circular on
libel cases
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ASupreme Court circular suggesting to trial judges to
impose only a fine instead of a prison term in deciding libel cases
has been widely welcomed by the media as the court’s “growing
sense of liberalism” in the application...
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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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Romancing the
poor
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“In a country well governed poverty is something
to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something to
be ashamed of.”
— Confucius (B.C. 551-B.C. 479)
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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The good that
America can do
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The world has not de-coupled itself from America,
especially as regards the latter’s capacity for bad behavior or
bad economic management.
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Death of a judge
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On January 14, Judge Roberto Navidad was shot dead in
Calbayog City. The Philippine National Police and the National
Bureau of Investigation are investigating the murder.
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Suharto children
face uncertain future
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JAKARTA: The death of Suharto could see his
children’s ability to evade justice threatened by a new vigor
among Indonesia’s elite to pursue corruption charges against them,
analysts say.
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LETTER
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WE write regarding Mr. Fred Rosario’s column (From
the Sidelines, Jan. 24) pertaining to the case of GSIS pensioner
Guillerma R. Ferrer who claimed that she lost around P45,000 of her
pension money through alleged mysterious...
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