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Favila’s secret letter
by Solita Collas-Monsod
MANILA, Philippines -- If the newspaper report is accurate, Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila should be excoriated for upholding the interests of foreign pharmaceuticals over the national interest -- and for contributing to the continuing tragedy of at least 16,000 needless infant deaths a year.
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A serious health issue
by Solita Collas-Monsod
MANILA, Philippines -- One reads (Inquirer, 6/7/07) where Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno is continuing to make waves -- the first time with his stern reminder against corruption in the Court of Appeals, and now with his determination to use the Court’s power under the Constitution to protect human rights.
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Three types of critics
by Solita Collas-Monsod
MANILA, Philippines -- The critics who pooh-pooh or are openly suspicious of the first-quarter estimates of the national income accounts can be divided into three, not mutually exclusive, groups.
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The abduction of Carol Castañeda Jimenez
by Solita Collas-Monsod
MANILA, Philippines -- I had thought that Jay Burgos’ abduction, in broad daylight at the Ever Gotesco Mall in Quezon City, showed a military in its most arrogant display of power.
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Choices for the Senate
by Solita Collas-Monsod
MANILA, Philippines -- Whom will I vote for on May 14 in the senatorial race? I have been asked this question a number of times, privately and in public fora, and I have never fobbed off the questioner with one of those coy sanctity-of-the-ballot/I-will-vote-according-to-my-conscience-and-that-is-personal remarks.
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The Brawner Doctrine
by Solita Collas-Monsod
MANILA, Philippines -- By a vote of two to one, the Special First Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ruled that Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo is not a Filipino citizen and, therefore, must step down as mayor.
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We are not alone, but...
by Solita Collas-Monsod
MANILA, Philippines -- Is your patience at an end: for politicians who value incumbency over principle; for partisanship that is less a contest of ideas than an uncivil brawl over the spoils of power?
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