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Sanctum sanctorum?
AS FORMER Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo tells it, he had implemented the tight security system at the Office because he had found out that some lawyers who used to work there were…
By Karol Ilagan·February 8, 2011
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Mercy high profile on media, Ombudsman stingy with data
ANIANO DESIERTO, the country’s second Ombudsman, used to be a broadcast newsman, but current chief graftbuster Merceditas N. Gutierrez has turned out to be more of a media creature…
By Karol Ilagan·February 8, 2011
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Barangay captains top crooks in jail; majority skirt slammer
WHO has been jailed for corruption in this country? In its search for answers, the Philippine Threshold Program launched a study on “Time Served for Corruption” covering 118 cases…
By Karol Ilagan·February 7, 2011
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Ombudsman goes easy on generals
WHEN IT comes to hailing to jail alleged crooks in the military and police, the Ombudsman practically accords star-rank officers a mere slap on the wrist. Only 19 generals of the…
By Malou Mangahas·February 6, 2011
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Ombudsman a failure, despite flood of funds
ALLEGATIONS OF millions of pesos given and received as send-off money to a string of Armed Forces chiefs of staff have been traded on the floor of Congress. The charges have been…
By Malou Mangahas·February 6, 2011
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PCIJ, Pera at Pulitika launch 2 books on money politics
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), together with its partners in the Pera at Pulitika (PAP) 2010 Consortium, has launched a two-book volume on the campaign…
By Adminnewspack·January 10, 2011
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A Future in Pieces
DESPITE the many laws that recognize the rights of children with special needs, there is still no comprehensive law that mandates special education in the Philippines. As educator…
By Karol Ilagan·January 5, 2011
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Are you still ‘special’ if you’re poor?
MARAGONDON, Cavite – In theory, Jaime ‘Jay’ Divina Jr. should have been able to go to school, despite the poverty of his family and his own physical shortcomings. After all…
By Karol Ilagan·January 5, 2011
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The Gifted Give Back
THE MOMENT they stepped into the campus of the Philippine High School for the Arts or PHSA in 1988, Roselle Pineda says that she and the other freshmen were made aware they were…
By Rorie R Fajardo·January 4, 2011
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Living by Numbers
I AM not a Mathematics genius. It’s just that I never tire of learning new things. This is what I always tell people every time I am called ‘Math whiz,’ ‘Math genius,’ ‘Math pro’…
By Adminnewspack·January 4, 2011
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Bringing Up Sammy
THEIR OTHER children were only eight, five, and six years old at the time, but Linda and Sabido de Leon knew it was important for everyone in the family to understand that things…
By Charlene C Tordesillas·January 4, 2011
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Dilemmas on the ‘Different’
NORMAL – THAT can be such a loaded term because the opposite seems to be “abnormal.” But let’s be semantically neutral and look at normal as a statistical label, referring to the…
By Michael L Tan·January 3, 2011
