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Friday, November 6, 2009

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Editorial

Follow the law

DESPITE its warnings against premature campaigning, the Commission on Elections admits it can do nothing about politicians who appear in infomercials before they file their certificates of candidacy.

Manila bishops go where WHO won’t

The respected and world-renowned scientific agency has spoken on a controversy regarding research data, methodology and analysis. Quick, bring in some Catholic bishops to refute it on “moral” grounds.

It can slip through your fingers

The President says that as a trained economist, she firmly believes in the sanctity of the free market. And yet she has become the most interventionist leader since the crony days of Marcos.

A test for Noynoy

The Bureau of Internal Revenue, in a desperate move to increase tax collections and meet its target, is now zeroing on small retailers, especially those in the many Metro Manila bazaars which proliferate during the Christmas season, and even those small entrepreneurs in flea markets.

Pichay for vice president?

Among the major presidential contenders, two candidates still have to make their announcements on who their running mates would be.