Alex L. De Guzman 22 Oct 2007 I was reading Sunday Punch in the internet in our office and suddenly there was this name that I will never forget in my life because she is the sister of my best friend since we were in High School in…
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The truth and nothing but…. W HEN Joey, the son of Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., blew the whistle on the now cancelled NBN deal with China’s ZTE, not everyone readily believed him. The political connection is too telling. And his company was a failed bidder in that project. The…
Editorial
Amiable Joe in moral crusade By Gerry Garcia CHAIR-WRECKER W. M. Esposo, Phil Star’s open-minded but ruthless puncher, was certainly not pulling his punches when he wrote, “some of the biggest predators of the country are products of Catholic schools like Ateneo de Manila University. Through several plundering regimes, some…
Here and There
Days of Quintero and Fr. Panlilio compared By Jun Velasco WHAT’s happening to our country these days requires us to unlearn a lot of things. One, our perception of some top government officials. Were they what they now appear to be? As we wrote this, several text messages hounded us…
Think about it
Power Grab By Gonzalo Duque AS soon as the sight of Manila came to view after a 16-hour flight, our first desire was to contact Sec. Pingkoy and Speaker Joe de Venecia. Why? We were intrigued by a PDI news item that our friend Joe de V was asking for…
Playing with Fire
On to Tokyo By Al S. Mendoza BY THE WILL OF GOD, I’ll be in Japan when you are reading this. I wrote this piece two days (Thursday, Oct. 18) before I boarded a Northwest Airlines jet bound for Nagoya on Saturday, Oct. 20. Minutes after my arrival in Nagoya,…
General Admission
Aflatoxins are deadly By Sosimo. Ma. Pablico Never take aflatoxins for granted. Worldwide, these are known to be deadly. Helen R. Calica, supervising science research specialist of BPRE (Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension), said that aflatoxins are the most widely known among the mycotoxins because of their acute and…
Harvest Time
Forgive us By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Do forgive us please, young people of the today. Our national hero said with hope and pride that you were the hope of the Country. One very distinguished and much loved Pope also affirmed that the young people of the world were…
Viewpoints
Marquez-Pacquiao 2 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNTIL now, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao’s second convincing triumph against his bitter-adversary, Mexican boxing idol Marco Antonio Barrera, is still the talk of the town. And the fresh question is who will be the next opponent of the Filipino boxing icon and when and…
