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                    [Title] => Ours is not ‘a beautiful mind’
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I am not surprised that a hundred to a thousand men were crazy enough to think they could get on ferry boats and simply “reclaim” the island of Sabah as theirs.

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Reading those disaster readiness reports over the past few days has led me to think that we are a disaster waiting to happen.

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It may seem ridiculous to write about “Christmas” on “All Souls day” but since everyone keeps talking about the dead as well as ghosts, I was suddenly haunted by the Ghosts of Christmas’ Past.

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CEBU, Philippines – Following a series of fire incidents in the past days, the Cebu City government acquired yesterday a mini-fire truck that was donated by the South Korean city of Yeosu.

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– Economics Nobel
Laureate Joseph Stiglitz


Is anybody home?

For the traditionally gloomy science, Stiglitz may have created its newest branch: "the economics of information." But few here take his counsel to break out of tunnel vision.

Congressmen bicker over pork slabs. At City Halls and provincial capitols, the squabble remains over turf. Even Commission on Elections’ Luzviminda Tancangco cooks up excuse after excuse why she flubbed poll computerization.
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I am not surprised that a hundred to a thousand men were crazy enough to think they could get on ferry boats and simply “reclaim” the island of Sabah as theirs.

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It may seem ridiculous to write about “Christmas” on “All Souls day” but since everyone keeps talking about the dead as well as ghosts, I was suddenly haunted by the Ghosts of Christmas’ Past.

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CEBU, Philippines – Following a series of fire incidents in the past days, the Cebu City government acquired yesterday a mini-fire truck that was donated by the South Korean city of Yeosu.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264828 [Title] => Once more about the barangays and the SK! [Summary] => During a meeting last week, Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia reported that the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) agreed to support the call to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections and to extend the terms of office of the present barangay and SK officials to 2007 to help the national government in this time of fiscal crisis. The LPP also has the support of the Liga ng mga Barangay Cebu Provincial Federation and the presidents of the Associated Barangay Councils in Cebu.
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– Economics Nobel
Laureate Joseph Stiglitz


Is anybody home?

For the traditionally gloomy science, Stiglitz may have created its newest branch: "the economics of information." But few here take his counsel to break out of tunnel vision.

Congressmen bicker over pork slabs. At City Halls and provincial capitols, the squabble remains over turf. Even Commission on Elections’ Luzviminda Tancangco cooks up excuse after excuse why she flubbed poll computerization.
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[DatePublished] => 2002-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133893 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1236309 [AuthorName] => CITY SENSE By Paulo Alcazaren [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) ) )
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