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Fighting the drug menace UNITED we stand, divided we fall. This bears remembering now, particularly in view of the government’s effort, if indeed it is serious in its pronounced all-out campaign, to address the illegal drug trade in the country. The seemingly uncoordinated efforts of agencies involved in the task,…

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By April 13, 2009Editorial, News

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Lent and our Politicians “WHAT does it profit a man if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” (Matthew 6: 19-21) So goes one of the most popular and familiar quotes from the Bible. As the nation and the rest of the Christian world observes the…

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By April 6, 2009Editorial, News

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The graduates’ unsung heroes STUDENTS who have just completed their primary, secondary and college education – dressed in their Sunday best and togas — take the spotlight as they march on stage and receive their diplomas during their graduation rites. Parties will be held afterwards in celebration of students bidding…

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By March 30, 2009Editorial, News

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Politics of Education ‘TIS the season of graduation rites as schools end another academic year. The end of the school year, more than the beginning of classes every June, must bring to the fore not only what the future holds for new graduates but what ails our educational system, a…

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By March 23, 2009Editorial

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The ghost of Resuello TALKS are now rife about the 2010 elections. Politicians, both at the national and local levels, are already pondering positioning, cajoling, and collaborating for their spots in next year’s polls, a particularly crucial one for the country as it is a presidential election and comes at…

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By March 16, 2009Editorial, News