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Confidentiality of information
by Amando Doronila
MANILA, Philippines--An epic collision between the Senate and the press over the issue of compelling journalists to disclose their sources of information obtained in confidence appears inevitable.
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Probe turns into bizarre witch-hunt, cover-up try
by Amando Doronila
The stymied Senate investigation of the $329-million telecoms deal with China has claimed two casualties -- Benjamin Abalos, who resigned as chair of the Commission on Elections, and the contract, which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo canceled to blunt mounting criticism of the transaction.
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Asean double talk
by Amando Doronila
MANILA, Philippines -- When the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) expressed “revulsion” at the brutal crackdown of protesters calling for the end of Burma’s military dictatorship, the statement was hailed as the strongest condemnation yet by Asean of the repressive Burmese junta.
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Life is cheap in Burma
by Amando Doronila
MANILA, Philippines--The condemnation of the international community of the brutal slaughter of monks and common people demanding an end to four decades of Burmese military dictatorship is resonant with sound and fury but has not softened the mailed fist of the ruling junta.
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Burma protest movement has not been smothered
by Amando Doronila
MANILA, Philippines -- The temptation to draw contrasts between the carnage in Rangoon (Yangon) last week as Burmese security forces brutally cracked down on peaceful protesters demanding an end to military rule and the Philippines’ 1986 People Power revolution is hard to resist.
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Corruption becomes top public concern
by Amando Doronila
MANILA, Philippines -- The third quarter survey of the Social Weather Stations on public satisfaction with the performance of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo highlights two important revelations.
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Arroyo tactic to avoid fighting on 2 fronts miscarries
by Amando Doronila
THE ADMINISTRATION of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has suspended the $329-million National Broadband Network (NBN) project with China's ZTE Corp. in an attempt to contain the damage of an escalating corruption scandal that is dragging her husband, Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo, into its vortex.
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Proclamation 1081 recalled
by Amando Doronila
Today, Filipinos recall a bad memory. The proclamation of martial law 35 years ago did not come like a thief in the night. Newspapermen, especially our Malacañang and congressional reporters at The Manila Chronicle, of which I was editor in chief in September 1972, expected martial law to come any time.
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