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March 2008

Here and There

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Hope news of Dawel-Lucao road opening not ‘kuryente’ By Gerry Garcia TODAY, Palm Sunday, is the beginning of the Holy Week (Semana Santa) that will end gloriously on Easter Sunday commemorating the resurrection of Christ. Palm Sunday is celebrated with palm branch decorations signifying Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem ….

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Here and There

By March 18, 2008Archives, Opinion

Between moral and morale

By | Punch Forum

Ms. Ric 17 Mar 2008     Hence, the danger of quoting the bible in this forum… might as well quote the Constitution. Both things people swear to but somehow unwittingly and willingly misunderstand. One damages morals and the other damages morale. However, let it be known that following the…

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Between moral and morale

By March 17, 2008Punch Forum

Where’s the evidence?

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Jeremias Andrade Carrera 17 Mar 2008 I challenge Mr. Oriel to tell us which nations practiced meekness and are progressive today as evidence that his point or his belief that “the meek shall inherit the earth” is correct and not just something written by a religion to subjugate its followers….

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Where’s the evidence?

By March 17, 2008Punch Forum

GMA would love submissive Filipinos

By | Punch Forum

Jess Delfin 16 Mar 2008     MEEK 1. humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others. 2. overly submissive or compliant; spiritless; tame 3. Obsolete. Gentle; kind. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved March 16, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meek. The statement “Definitely, meekness will solve the problems plaguing…

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GMA would love submissive Filipinos

By March 17, 2008Punch Forum

Think about it

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Freshen up with Sendong So’s balita By Jun Velasco SECRETARY  Arthur Yap is probably the first pro GMA  cabinet  man who has made a  sensible  pitch for the embattled  lady  in a manner  that  dashes cold water to the heat  the anti forces have created. At Sendong So’s agri expo…

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Think about it

By March 17, 2008Archives, Opinion

Harvest Time

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PhilRice comes up with submergence tolerant line By Sosimo Ma. Pablico A RICE line that could withstand complete submergence for at least two weeks has been developed by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). This line may very well be one of PhilRice’s answers to the adverse effects that would…

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Harvest Time

By March 17, 2008Archives, Opinion

Viewpoints

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“Why? Am I my bother’s keeper?” By Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is no less than the Sacred Scriptures that recorded the question poised by a man named “Cain”. He murdered no less than his own brother. When asked by the Lord where his brother was, the murderer in…

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Viewpoints

By March 17, 2008Archives, Opinion

Sports Eye

By | Opinion, Sports Eye

Torn between my two “blood” By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BY THE time you read this piece, I surmise that the much-touted and much-awaited Pacquiao-Marquez II world title fight may probably just about to start or in progress or could even be already over. As I said before, my forecast…

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Sports Eye

By March 17, 2008Opinion, Sports Eye

Roots

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Holy Week adventure By Marifi Jara Back in the 1980s, I particularly looked forward to family holidays in San Fabian, or elsewhere, timed during the Holy Week because that was an era before the advent of the smorgasbord of viewing pleasures offered by cable and satellite television. With school out…

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Roots

By March 17, 2008Archives, Opinion