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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:05:01 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ARMM Electoral Reforms]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The ARMM, rightly or wrongly, is perceived to be the electoral cheating capital of the Philippines. All, from the President down to the regular Abdul, speak of ghost voters, ghost precincts and prefabricated electoral results that include the manufacture of certificates of canvass. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:45:40 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Free-load syndrome]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[All the lawyers in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, both of the prosecution and the defense, boast that they are participating in the  most important  legal event  in the country today, pro bono.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:34:05 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Outside the box: The saddest law office in the world]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[It must be a very sad courtroom when the high court meets en banc once a week while the public is feasting on every little detail of its leader&rsquo;s dealings most weekday afternoons.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:46:19 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[A must in fight vs cancer: Leaders should set example of a healthy lifestyle]]></title>
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	<link>http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/246963/opinion/blogs/a-must-in-fight-vs-cancer-leaders-should-set-example-of-a-healthy-lifestyle</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Internist cardiologist Dr. Antony Leachon said it is important that our leaders set the example of a healthy lifestyle because the people will only respond to what the leaders can give. Paging PNoy.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:32:11 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[GDP growth: Can it be sustained?]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The government has just reported seemingly encouraging economic growth rates for the 2011 fourth quarter. Let&rsquo;s examine whether the momentum can last.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:38:55 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Senate is not higher than the Supreme Court]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The Constitution has given the Senate the 'sole' power to try officials impeached by the lower house. If anything, that provision on exclusive jurisdiction takes the Senate (as the trier of impeachment cases) away from the hierarchy of courts. In fact, nowhere in the Constitution is the Senate referred to as a court.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:24:30 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[A new ARMM?]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[No doubt, there is a dynamic energy hovering over the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) complex nowadays. It is not the usual 'ghosts' (ghost voters, teachers, employees and officials)! The energy refers to the new OIC Governor Mujiv Hataman.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:47:12 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Lyn Ching-Pascual: A new adventure]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[I suppose, with my present life, a comfortable life I have built with my husband, I have become complacent. Sometimes I let good opportunities pass by because I fear I no longer have the ability to do what I used to be good at. I do not challenge myself as much. Life is what it is and I am happy. But where is my adventure?]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:23:04 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Low on results, local government decentralization heads for tweaks&mdash;or the backburner]]></title>
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	<link>http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/245468/opinion/blogs/low-on-results-local-government-decentralization-heads-for-tweaks-mdash-or-the-backburner</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Over 20 years after its launch, a scheme to empower local officials with key fiscal and social functions limps on.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:34:38 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[How I learned I am Tsinoy]]></title>
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	<link>http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/245395/opinion/how-i-learned-i-am-tsinoy</link>
	<description><![CDATA[That early glimmer of my Chinese roots shows that even the most Pinoy of families, from the heart of Kamuning, will probably have some trace of Chinese in their blood. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:20:09 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Memories of Chinese New Years past]]></title>
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	<link>http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/245270/opinion/blogs/memories-of-chinese-new-years-past</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Personally, I don&rsquo;t really care that much about the animal signs, about who&rsquo;s born lucky and who&rsquo;s not. Maybe it&rsquo;s because  I was born in the year of the tiger, and I&rsquo;ve always been told that it&rsquo;s not as good as the other animal signs in the Chinese zodiac.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:08:28 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[To Sendong victims from an Ondoy survivor]]></title>
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	<link>http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/245145/opinion/to-sendong-victims-from-an-ondoy-survivor</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Someday in the near future, you will no longer refer to yourself as a Sendong victim. You are a Sendong survivor.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:40:48 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Guaranteed entertainment]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[This early, the nation is enthralled by the unfolding hilarious impeachment entertainment that we need badly as we face the difficulty of life&rsquo;s nitty gritty. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:56:47 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Arroyo &lsquo;economic paper&rsquo; missed the point]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[An article by former president Gloria Arroyo claims economic gains during her term but it does not mention her administration's sorry record in poverty alleviation]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:28:40 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Changing or maintaining the status quo]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[In many ways, the impending impeachment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will be an issue that has nothing to do to with the co-equality of the various branches of the government. Nor will it be an issue of one institution trying to dominate another institution. In fact, it has nothing to do with that at all. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:15:42 +0800</pubDate>
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