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September 2007

Who are they honoring for this act?

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Ms. Ric 5 Sept 2007     Demonstrators burning a flag, activists defacing bridges and walls, law enforcers hosing down mêlée, these are indeed disturbing thoughts. But none more disturbing than looking at a picture of a Police Regional Director Chief Supt., a commander of the Army, City Administrator, and…

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Who are they honoring for this act?

By September 5, 2007Punch Forum

Fooling the people

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Jeremias Andrade Carrera 5 Sept 2007     Why is it that the arrest of gambling and drug lords needs to come from the speaker or high officials like JDV? It is like GMA telling the public that she will stop corruption over and over after being in power for…

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Fooling the people

By September 5, 2007Punch Forum

Perpetua de Vera Acosta

By | In memory of...

PERPETUA DE VERA ACOSTA Born: August 4, 1928 Place of Birth: Calmay District, Dagupan City Philippine Address: Perez Market Site, Dagupan City Present Address: 780 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, California USA peacefully passed away in the grace of our Lord on August 19, 2007, at the age of 79. Her…

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Perpetua de Vera Acosta

By September 5, 2007In memory of...

Who’s protecting the women?

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Heidi 4 Sept 2007 What is going on in many parts of Pangasinan? Crime is up I heard. There were two unrelated incidents wherein a young female student was raped then murdered in Barangay Magtaking in Bugallon, another victim was also found murdered in Quibaol about three weeks ago. She…

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Who’s protecting the women?

By September 4, 2007Punch Forum

Books have copyrights

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Ms. Ric 4 Sept 2007     Mr. Velasco, I’m sure you meant to say “after reading and taking notes from this book …”. C’mon you didn’t really “xerox” pages right out of a copyrighted book, did you? As I certainly abide by the posted speed limit at all times.

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Books have copyrights

By September 4, 2007Punch Forum

Editorial

By | Editorial, Editorial Cartoon, News

Jail the pusher, save the user ILLEGAL drugs have long been a menace to our society. Particularly lethal  have  been the modern-day synthetic variety, the most popular of which is the methamphetamine hydrochloride or more commonly known for its street name “shabu”, because of their easy production, proliferation and affordability….

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Editorial

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

Indicators for the resurgence of jueteng By Ermin Garcia Jr. Where there is fire, there is jueteng. Let’s stop beating around the bush, forget about the old adage referring to the smoke and the fire, and call a spade a spade. The fact is, the conflagration of moral and ethical…

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Punchline

By September 3, 2007Opinion, Punchline

Wanted: Coop-Student Program

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Isidro Ramos 3 Sept 2007     Atty. Duque, the proposal Benchmarking with International Standards is well taken however, there is one thing you and the rest of the committee had missed to observe is that corporate America and Europe for that matter sponsor top notch college candidates as coop-students…

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Wanted: Coop-Student Program

By September 3, 2007Punch Forum