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'Open up, in the name of the law!'.(Opinion & Editorial)

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From: Manila Bulletin
Date: 20020605
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Byline: Adrian E. Cristobal

Independence: An achievement, not a bequest.

- Elbert Hubbard

AS if Fili- pinas were not open enough, she is being asked by Uncle Sam to open wider. She has opened her economy to all comers (though few are willing to enter), she has opened up herself to "globalization," and now Uncle Sam's proconsul is telling her to open up her skies. After all, in the name of free trade, the sky's the limit.

The "new law" of the new international economic order is that no country's economy should be closed to anyone, just like in the days when the ...

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