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March 2008

Another ‘flush’ story

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Jose Ceralde 26 Mar 2008     Edener Benitez Fabella, I was reading your posting of “There’s a kind of ‘flush’” and was practically floored when a friend of mine from the Filipino Association National Historical Society (FANHS) sent me an email on “Filipino dishing/Using Gas against Terror as an…

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Another ‘flush’ story

By March 27, 2008Punch Forum

Revisiting an old story

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Edener Benitez Fabella 25 Mar 2008     Looming rice crisis reminded me of a classic college joke about a poor man’s dream of his son earning a college degree. The old man sacrificed everything in order for his son to succeed in life. The story line is of bountiful…

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Revisiting an old story

By March 26, 2008Punch Forum

Tufts U, not Harvard

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Ed Pontaoe 25 Mar 2008     Did Rachel Arenas graduate at Harvard? Highly unlikely! Her political campaign tried very hard on the impression she graduated at Harvard. She went to school in America on the idea that schools in the Philippines are below par . . . not up…

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Tufts U, not Harvard

By March 26, 2008Punch Forum

In denial mode

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Jeremias Andrade Carrera 25 Mar 2008     I believe there are people who know how to read but refuse to understand what they are reading or shall we say they are always in denial mode like GMA. If it is true that Taiwan has more problems than the Philippines,…

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In denial mode

By March 26, 2008Punch Forum

Unresolved problems

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Jeremias Andrade Carrera 24 Mar 2008   I hope I will learn how to keep my mouth shut and appreciate the good things in the Philippines, and forget the very bad things that made the lives of the majority of Filipinos very miserable which is the real cause of why…

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Unresolved problems

By March 25, 2008Punch Forum

Not all that bad

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Rafael L. Oriel, Jr. 24 Mar 2008     Mr. Ramos, you seem more impressed of Taiwanese than Filipinos that is why I tried to compare the two countries to find out why. What is wrong with that? I am amazed to learn that you find Taiwan and its people…

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Not all that bad

By March 25, 2008Punch Forum