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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 |
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EDITORIAL
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Slipping chances
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CHANCES of an economic rebound in the second quarter of this year
are slipping after key agencies tasked to frontload their
expenditures have failed to do so.Our business section reported
yesterday that four agencies—the Departments of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH), of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), of
Agriculture (DA), and of Education (DepEd)—have fallen short of
their committed disbursement in the first six months.
This was despite a Malacañang directive that
these agencies spend between 60 percent and 80 percent of the
productive portion of their budgets, particularly that involving
infrastructure—in the first half of the year
From a total P94.71 billion, the four agencies
spent only a third of that allocation.
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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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BIG
DEAL
By Dan Mariano
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Demographic warning
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Proponents of artificial contraception in the Congress are
apparently on a roll. Last week Rep. Edcel Lagman of Albay was
reported saying that the Reproductive Health bill has gained even
more adherents in the House of Representatives.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Missing the big
picture of agriculture
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Agricultural journalism, said Ka Pitong Guanlao, the 2nd
representative of Butil Party, should see the “big picture” and
the not fragments and the increments. The tendency to focus on the
trees—not on the entirety of the forest—does not help promote
the cause of agriculture via energetic reportage and journalism.
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FROM
THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Neglecting problems
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Car rental operator AS normally attends early morning mass at the
Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Cotabato City. But his toddler
granddaughter woke up late that morning, so he and the doting Lola
decided to take Mass later in the day instead.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Cheaper medicine
gives Mar a fighting chance
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Sen. Mar Roxas will make a great headway in his quest for the
presidency once the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality
Medicine Law is fully implemented and starts benefiting millions of
sick Filipinos.
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ANALYSIS
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Striking similarities in Tibetan, Xinjiang unrest–experts
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BEIJING: The deadly unrest in China’s remote Xinjiang region is
strikingly similar to that seen in neighbouring Tibet last year, and
so are many of the reasons behind it, experts say.
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ANALYSIS
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Indonesia deaths spotlight murky history of gold mine
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JAKARTA: A series of killings in the remote highlands of
Indonesia’s Papua region have thrown a spotlight on the murky
history of a massive US-owned mine sitting atop the world’s
biggest haul of gold.
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LETTER
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Playing it safe
I am a regular reader of your column and thanks
for your column “Fundamental solutions to Mindanao problem.” I
fully agree with what you’ve written:
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