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A tempered sense of euphoria, spurred by developments in the US economy (the world’s largest, with gross domestic product at $16.245 trillion), qualifies the assessment… 01/24/2014
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At Ground Level
Inequality blurs global recovery
Gatecrashing Nelson Mandela
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Tomorrow the South African people, to whom he dedicated his lifetime struggle for freedom, justice, and peace — and his millions of supporter-admirers all over… 01/20/2014
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Parallels: Pork barrel, insurance, pre-need scams
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By Satur Ocampo This column’s August 17 piece (“Insurance Commission remiss in regulating pre-need firms”) has elicited more reader reactions. Let me cite just two:… 08/28/2013
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P-Noy mum on human rights, GPH-NDFP peace talks
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By Satur C. Ocampo Last August 2, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process issued a quaint statement through its website. It’s… 08/15/2013
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Mandela on armed struggle
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By Satur C. Ocampo In homage to his physical resilience versus the logic of the inevitable, one wishes that Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black… 07/08/2013
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Relinking with ICRC
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By Satur C. Ocampo Last Thursday I had an hour-long discussion with Pascal Mauchle, the head of delegation of the International Committee of the Red… 05/31/2013
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To P-Noy gov’t: Beware of ruinous Thatcher policies
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By Satur C. Ocampo With her death last Monday at 87, Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s only woman prime minister in office for a record 11… 04/26/2013
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Upside and downside of the national economy
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By Satur C. Ocampo As expected, President Aquino and his economic team wax euphoric over the official report that the national economy expanded by 6.6%… 02/22/2013
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Gov’t lacks political will to go after the Marcoses
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By Satur C. Ocampo One can understand Andres Bautista’s deep frustration in wanting to abolish the Presidential Commission on Good Government, which he has headed… 01/25/2013
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People’s lawyering goes a long way back in history
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By Satur C. Ocampo Apolinario Mabini, Jose Abad Santos, Claro M. Recto, Jose W. Diokno, and Lorenzo M. Tanada. What do these historical figures have… 06/08/2012
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