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June 2006

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

Mayor Benjie’s gambit on jueteng By Ermin Garcia Jr. Many high-handicapped golfers will tell you that they oft swore to give up and drop the game after holing out with mostly double bogeys up until Hole 17. Then just as they were about to switch to cycling or bowling, a…

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Punchline

By June 25, 2006Opinion, Punchline

Here and There

By | Archives, Opinion

Death penalty not anti-Christ By Gerry Garcia AT least there are still many other level-headed Christians, not necessarily Catholics, here in the province as elsewhere who had guts enough to stand up solidly against the move to abolish the death penalty – a move initiated by the powerful (daw) Catholic…

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Here and There

By June 25, 2006Archives, Opinion

Think about it

By | Archives, Opinion

RP is ‘weakmen’ country By Jun Velasco THE scorching weather is over, and now the rains. Rains should be welcomed by our sun-beaten souls, as a little rain reminds us of poems penned by the window divining the cool droplets as spinner of tales and memories. But Gonzalo’s warning straight…

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Think about it

By June 25, 2006Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

By | Archives, Opinion

Nakakasuka na! By Gonzalo Duque ALL is well that ends well. You guessed it. Our series of column articles on the fraternity issue in Dagupan must have created unruffled feelings to some. Sorry, but that’s part of the territory. At the birthday bash of Commissioner Al Fernandez, some people thought…

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Playing with Fire

By June 25, 2006Archives, Opinion

Business Log

By | Business, Opinion

Malasiqui’s public market and politics By Eva C. Visperas Two weeks ago, the second floor of the Malasiqui public market was inaugurated. It coincided with Mayor Alfonso Soriano’s birthday celebration. Of course, socialite Rosemarie “Baby” Arenas was their special guest. Mayor Ponsing’s “idol” Local Governance Undersecretary Antonio “Bebot” Villar Jr….

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Business Log

By June 24, 2006Business, Opinion

Harvest Time

By | Archives, Opinion

Shift grazing area to reduce internal parasites in goats By Sosimo Ma. Pablico INTERNAL PARASITES in goats and sheep can be effectively reduced by shifting the grazing area used by the animals every three to four days, according to researchers in the Small Ruminants Center [SRC} at the Central Luzon…

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Harvest Time

By June 24, 2006Archives, Opinion

Viewpoints

By | Archives, Opinion

Corruption By +Oscar V. Cruz It is not a secret that the present government is well known for systemic corruption. The Filipinos know. Asia knows. The world knows. In the listing of countries noted for its corrupt and corrupting officialdom, the country holds a place of distinction. Formal pronouncements to…

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Viewpoints

By June 24, 2006Archives, Opinion

Feelings

By | Feelings, Opinion

The Grand Old Folks By Emmanuelle Let me tell this true story from the vantage view of someone who should be thirty below: My cousins and I call them the “grand old folks” to refer to both sexes, the “granddys” to refer specifically to the lolos, and “grannys” to the…

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Feelings

By June 24, 2006Feelings, Opinion

Birthdays / Anniversaries

By | Birthdays/Anniversaries

_________________________________________________________ Submit dates of birthdays and anniversaries of friends and relatives to sundaypunch2@yahoo.com as in below: Ex: January 29, Wedding anniversary, Dop and Snow Garcia, Los Angeles, CA May 29, Birthday, Karmina Arrogante, Dagupan City ________________________________________________________ June 27 – (Dagupan City) Alfredo Langit Sr., Caroline Agas June 28 – (Dagupan…

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Birthdays / Anniversaries