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They are not drug dealers or smugglers. They’re not even video pirates. But many non-government organizations (NGOs) in the city of Manila are now feeling as if they were involved in an illicit trade. They do their transactions on the sly, with furtive glances cast here and there to check if someone is watching.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1367358 [AuthorName] => Jaileen Jimeno Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271783 [Title] => True pro-lifer, not hypocrite [Summary] => If our country’s political and religious leaders could just discuss the population problem in a more levelheaded manner, we may be able to move forward and find a solution to this crippling crisis.
Our currently high poverty incidence gripping an estimated 34 percent of the nation is only being aggravated by a continuing high population growth. Based on the latest estimates, there are two million Filipino babies born every year, equivalent to four babies every minute.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271526 [Title] => Holy Week pall of gloom on six W. Visayas cops [Summary] => The advent of Holy Week did not spare six Western Visayan policemen from being charged by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for the dismissal of drug-related offenses they earlier had filed in court.
At the same time, Superintendent Rolen Balquin, PDEA regional director, said six more policemen are being investigated for bungling drug cases filed with the courts.
PDEA records show that 66 drug-related cases in Region 6 were dismissed and nine more junked last year by Negros Occidental courts.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136001 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1771372 [AuthorName] => THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271367 [Title] => In the name of health [Summary] =>
Always keep ithaca in your mind. To arrive there is your ultimate goal. But do not hurry the voyage at all. It is better to let it last for many years; and to anchor at the island when you are old, rich with all you have gained on the way, not expecting that Ithaca will offer you riches.
If compared to his relatively long career in public health spanning 29 years, "Ithaca" might as well be the "Ligtas Buntis" campaign being strongly advocated by Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1128287 [AuthorName] => Ann S. Corvera [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271118 [Title] => in the name of HEALTH [Summary] =>
Always keep ithaca in your mind. To arrive there is your ultimate goal. But do not hurry the voyage at all. It is better to let it last for many years; and to anchor at the island when you are old, rich with all you have gained on the way, not expecting that Ithaca will offer you riches.
If compared to his relatively long career in public health spanning 29 years, "Ithaca" might as well be the "Ligtas Buntis" campaign being strongly advocated by Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1128287 [AuthorName] => Ann S. Corvera [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270924 [Title] => Freedom of choice [Summary] => No communion for population planning workers. At last the Roman Catholic Church is being consistent. It is within its remit to excommunicate those who do not obey its authority. The problem begins when it goes beyond and arrogates unto itself the right to block policy for the rest who are not Roman Catholic believers. There are many Roman Catholics only in name and practice their religion selectively. They believe and practice modern birth control which includes artificial means. These nominal Catholics get away scot-free and I doubt that they are even oppressed by guilt. [DatePublished] => 2005-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270152 [Title] => Church denies refusing communion [Summary] => CEBU — The Archbishop of Cebu denied reports that the Catholic Church has refused to give communion to health workers actively campaigning for the government’s Ligtas Buntis program.
Msgr. Achilles Dakay, the archdiocese’s media liaison officer, told The Freeman that the Catholic Church has been very vocal in opposing Ligtas Buntis, but it "has not refused to give communion" to anyone supporting the program.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270157 [Title] => Brave heart [Summary] => President GMA entered the most difficult battleground of her presidency by taking on the Roman Catholic Church and its doctrines on population control. She has a formidable foe but so did leaders of other Catholic countries i.e. Spain, France, Italy and Ireland. She has a brave heart. In this battle she needs the country’s support, at least, those who are reasonable. The others, she does not need now that she is no longer seeking the ‘religious’ vote. Finally, she is not performing to the ‘stands’ but to what is needed by the nation. [DatePublished] => 2005-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
They are not drug dealers or smugglers. They’re not even video pirates. But many non-government organizations (NGOs) in the city of Manila are now feeling as if they were involved in an illicit trade. They do their transactions on the sly, with furtive glances cast here and there to check if someone is watching.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1367358 [AuthorName] => Jaileen Jimeno Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271783 [Title] => True pro-lifer, not hypocrite [Summary] => If our country’s political and religious leaders could just discuss the population problem in a more levelheaded manner, we may be able to move forward and find a solution to this crippling crisis.
Our currently high poverty incidence gripping an estimated 34 percent of the nation is only being aggravated by a continuing high population growth. Based on the latest estimates, there are two million Filipino babies born every year, equivalent to four babies every minute.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271526 [Title] => Holy Week pall of gloom on six W. Visayas cops [Summary] => The advent of Holy Week did not spare six Western Visayan policemen from being charged by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for the dismissal of drug-related offenses they earlier had filed in court.
At the same time, Superintendent Rolen Balquin, PDEA regional director, said six more policemen are being investigated for bungling drug cases filed with the courts.
PDEA records show that 66 drug-related cases in Region 6 were dismissed and nine more junked last year by Negros Occidental courts.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136001 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1771372 [AuthorName] => THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271367 [Title] => In the name of health [Summary] =>
Always keep ithaca in your mind. To arrive there is your ultimate goal. But do not hurry the voyage at all. It is better to let it last for many years; and to anchor at the island when you are old, rich with all you have gained on the way, not expecting that Ithaca will offer you riches.
If compared to his relatively long career in public health spanning 29 years, "Ithaca" might as well be the "Ligtas Buntis" campaign being strongly advocated by Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1128287 [AuthorName] => Ann S. Corvera [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271118 [Title] => in the name of HEALTH [Summary] =>
Always keep ithaca in your mind. To arrive there is your ultimate goal. But do not hurry the voyage at all. It is better to let it last for many years; and to anchor at the island when you are old, rich with all you have gained on the way, not expecting that Ithaca will offer you riches.
If compared to his relatively long career in public health spanning 29 years, "Ithaca" might as well be the "Ligtas Buntis" campaign being strongly advocated by Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1128287 [AuthorName] => Ann S. Corvera [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270924 [Title] => Freedom of choice [Summary] => No communion for population planning workers. At last the Roman Catholic Church is being consistent. It is within its remit to excommunicate those who do not obey its authority. The problem begins when it goes beyond and arrogates unto itself the right to block policy for the rest who are not Roman Catholic believers. There are many Roman Catholics only in name and practice their religion selectively. They believe and practice modern birth control which includes artificial means. These nominal Catholics get away scot-free and I doubt that they are even oppressed by guilt. [DatePublished] => 2005-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270152 [Title] => Church denies refusing communion [Summary] => CEBU — The Archbishop of Cebu denied reports that the Catholic Church has refused to give communion to health workers actively campaigning for the government’s Ligtas Buntis program.
Msgr. Achilles Dakay, the archdiocese’s media liaison officer, told The Freeman that the Catholic Church has been very vocal in opposing Ligtas Buntis, but it "has not refused to give communion" to anyone supporting the program.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270157 [Title] => Brave heart [Summary] => President GMA entered the most difficult battleground of her presidency by taking on the Roman Catholic Church and its doctrines on population control. She has a formidable foe but so did leaders of other Catholic countries i.e. Spain, France, Italy and Ireland. She has a brave heart. In this battle she needs the country’s support, at least, those who are reasonable. The others, she does not need now that she is no longer seeking the ‘religious’ vote. Finally, she is not performing to the ‘stands’ but to what is needed by the nation. [DatePublished] => 2005-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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