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August 2007

PHILHEALTH SUPPORT

By | News, People & Events, Punch Gallery

PHILHEALTH SUPPORT–Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) President and Chief Executive Officer Lorna Fajardo (4th from right) formally turns over a check to Junior Chamber International (JCI) Senate Philippines President Senen Quiambao representing the agency’s support for the maiden search for The Outstanding Filipino Physician (TOFP), a joint project of the…

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PHILHEALTH SUPPORT

Produce or get reduced

By | Punch Forum

Isidro Ramos 27 Aug 2007     Regarding Mayor Resuello’s cracking whip on delinquent employees he should also instill, “Produce or get reduced”. Better yet, since each department head has his/her budget, individual employees shall perform under a project number to market and sell their shared services. Oooh… I could…

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Produce or get reduced

By August 27, 2007Punch Forum

Harvest Time

By | Archives, Opinion

Awards for excellence By Sosimo Ma. Pablico If one indicator of   the quality of manpower in a government agency is the kind and number of awards received by its personnel for their accomplishments in research and development, then BPRE [Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension] may very well be among…

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Harvest Time

By August 27, 2007Archives, Opinion

Viewpoints

By | Archives, Opinion

Psychological incapacity By + Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is an open secret that practically all marriages “annulled” by the government forward the ground of “Psychological incapacity” on the part of either or both spouses. It is also quite known that especially so in these “annulment” cases, the best…

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Viewpoints

By August 27, 2007Archives, Opinion

Sports Eye

By | Opinion, Sports Eye

“Rain, rain go away…” By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LAST March, our weather experts from PAGASA predicted that when the rainy season comes this year, we will be suffering from La Niña, especially here in Luzon. More typhoons will bring rains that will flood the lowland areas, they said. (While…

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Sports Eye

By August 27, 2007Opinion, Sports Eye

Roots

By | Archives, Opinion

Pangasinan subol By Marifi Jara They are the isko at iska from Pangasinan, living in Baguio for the meantime. That’s short for “iskolar ng bayan”, a moniker for students studying within the University of the Philippines (UP) System. And they are not forgetting their roots even as they move out…

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Roots

By August 27, 2007Archives, Opinion

Feelings

By | Feelings, Opinion

None so blind than one who will not see . . . By Emmanuelle Annie and Lenny were born February and December of the same year. They were first cousins, their mothers being sisters. They were neighbors as their parents built houses adjacent to each other. They were schoolmates from…

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Feelings

By August 27, 2007Feelings, Opinion

MetroState sues city gov’t

By | Headlines, News

ON BUILDING PERMIT ISSUE MetroState Development Corp. is finally fighting back. The company has filed a case against the city government over the refusal of City Engineer Virginia Rosario to issue a building permit for the P84-million project in the former Magsaysay Park, a prime Dagupan property located just across…

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MetroState sues city gov’t

By August 26, 2007Headlines, News

Police chief hailed for arresting 16 pushers

By | Headlines, News

The Dagupan police scored big this week in their campaign against illegal drugs as 16 drug pushers were arrested in separate raids in just one day. In recognition of this accomplishment, the city council passed a resolution on Tuesday commending the new officer-in-charge of the Dagupan Police, Supt. Dionisio Borromeo,…

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Police chief hailed for arresting 16 pushers

By August 26, 2007Headlines, News