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Brinkmanship

By COMMONSENSE | By Marichu A. Villanueva | September 5, 2005 - 12:00am

Government officials like Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Peter Favila should stop giving false hopes to the public by saying there will be "negligible," if not very minimal, impact on...

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