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"You really hit the nail on the head with your column on confronting our debts. Lately, even the likes of Senator Manuel Villar agree that debt relief is a viable and necessary option in order to take the country out of the debt trap we are in.


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Upset in Manila

By FROM A DISTANCE | By Carmen N. Pedrosa | November 26, 2005 - 12:00am

The Concom members were warned. Manila was a difficult place. This is where presidents or would be presidents are made and unmade. The tendency of the Manila mind is to oppose a contested issue for whatever reason....

Opinion

More voices for debt relief

By Rey Gamboa | August 8, 2005 - 12:00am

I remain an advocate of debt restructuring for so many reasons that I have harped again and again in my past columns. One of our readers couldn’t have said it better in his most recent letter. Here’s what...

Business

Empowered individuals

By FROM A DISTANCE | By Carmen N. Pedrosa | July 17, 2005 - 12:00am

We have to take surveys with a grain of salt until we know what questions were asked and to whom, as well as who commissioned them. I count myself among many who believe that surveys can be used (abused, is more...

Opinion