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March 2008

Think about it

By | Archives, Opinion

Lingayen cityhood long overdue By Jun Velasco CONGRESSMAN Joe de Venecia’s debt-to-equity plan looms as a simple yet dramatic solution to the huge gap between the rich and poor countries on our planet, especially those in the Third World. On paper, the plan is doably cute, be-all solution, which can…

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Think about it

By March 31, 2008Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

By | Archives, Opinion

Let’s restore sanity in our country, please! By Gonzalo Duque IT’S great to be back! Yes, after one long month vacation in the U.S. To Sammy and  Mita Sta. Maria,  our  gracious  hosts,  thanks for  the warm  reception  and  the  memories! Some of the good Fil-Ams we stayed with there…

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Playing with Fire

By March 31, 2008Archives, Opinion

Harvest Time

By | Archives, Opinion

Organic Agriculture and Certification now pushed By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Two years after Executive Order 481 was signed and declared that it is a national policy to promote organic agriculture nationwide, the Department of Agriculture, through the Bureau of   Soils and Water Management (BSWM), now appears to be all out…

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Harvest Time

By March 31, 2008Archives, Opinion

Sports Eye

By | Opinion, Sports Eye

First time By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE first time a multi-stage bicycle road race was held in the country was in 1955. That was the Manila-Vigan run won by Sta. Rosa, Laguna son Antonio Arzala. That event, organized by the late Atty. Geruncio Lacuesta, a native of Bayambang, also…

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Sports Eye

By March 31, 2008Opinion, Sports Eye

Roots

By | Archives, Opinion

People of the rice By Marifi Jara My 63-year old dad is an archetype bitukang pinoy. That simply means he does not feel full after a main meal without rice. I myself who can go without rice for a day or two, feeling a bit homesick while in a foreign…

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Roots

By March 31, 2008Archives, Opinion

Feelings

By | Feelings, Opinion

Between here and there . . . (Part 3) By Emmanuelle are moments so exquisite, so intense that though they remain unphotographed, unrecorded, they might as well had been.  The prints they carved in our memory scoured full and deep. In one of her brakes-and-stops, Manta suddenly realized there was…

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Feelings

By March 31, 2008Feelings, Opinion

The politics of rice

By | Punch Forum

Jose Ceralde 30 Mar 2008     Edener Benitez Fabella, Planting rice or working in the fields is never fun. Going to quite a few islands in the Pacific, I observed decades ago they were mostly independent on their food needs. With the global economic conditions of subsidies, a lot…

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The politics of rice

By March 31, 2008Punch Forum