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April 2009

Condolence to Sosimo Pablico family, relatives and friends

By | In memory of...

Nida Rofe 30 April 2009 “Comfort one another, for the way often dreary, and feet often weary and the heart very sad. There’s heavy burden bearing. Hand close and tender, gentle speech is oft like manna from the skies.” From the message of “God’s Plan” “I therefore, then prisoner of…

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Condolence to Sosimo Pablico family, relatives and friends

By April 30, 2009In memory of...

Pista’y Dayat and D’Gonz

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Eduardo Pontaoe 29 April 2009 Dateline: Red Beach Nice to be back in the clattered world of Pangasinan. Walking the unprestine beach of the Gulf gives that uncertainty of purpose and mismanagement and the “well-rounded” desire to promote a place where decadence is prevalent. The “Pista’y Dayat” Lingayen style is…

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Pista’y Dayat and D’Gonz

By April 29, 2009Punch Forum

Bangus Festival Photo Gallery

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Lucao’s Gilon-Gilon dancers perform their winning number. A 4×4 driver negotiates a rocky course during the Extreme Off-Road Challenge on De Venecia Highway Extension. Hundreds of parents with their babies pack the Big Atrium of CSI, the City Mall, for the ‘Drypers Day’. Mayor Al Fernandez and Vice Mayor Belen…

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Bangus Festival Photo Gallery

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Editorial

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Save our seas OVER the last two years, we have been seeing a gradual transition in the Pista’y Dayat every May 1 into a festivity that is more focused on environmental awareness. The Pista’y Dayat, perfectly-timed in the midst of summer and falls on a non-working holiday with the global…

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Editorial

By April 27, 2009Editorial

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

The partylist racket By Ermin Garcia Jr. At the rate things are going in government and politics, plus the recent ruling of the Supreme Court re entitlement of partylists in the House of Representatives, governance in our benighted land has definitely gone haywire. Ever since the Abalos Comelec took over,…

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Punchline

By April 27, 2009Opinion, Punchline

Think about it

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Gilbert Teodoro ‘most fit’ for president By Jun Velasco OVER a cup of coffee, our friend media executive Jera Sison, son of our late friend, Jess Sison, disputed reports shared by former Speaker Joe de V, former President Erap and even Bishop Oscar Cruz that there would be no elections…

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Think about it

By April 27, 2009Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

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Manny talks By Gonzalo Duque OUR activities at the Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) have given us interesting opportunities while hobnobbing with the great and near-great with ideas sprouting like pop corn that hopefully could lead to the formulation of a national sports development program. Do we see Pangulo smiling?…

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Playing with Fire

By April 27, 2009Archives, Opinion

Viewpoints

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Party-list representatives By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. ”The party-list representatives shall constitute twenty per centum of the total number of representatives including those under the party-list. For three consecutive terms after the ratification of this Constitution, one half of the seats allocated to party-list representatives shall be filled, as…

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Viewpoints

By April 27, 2009Archives, Opinion