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April 2009

Words are powerful

By | Punch Forum

S. Bill Jimenez 14 April 2009 Power of Words WORDS. Words. Words. Words are powerful. They can do much good or cause much harm. Most of us, if not all, are guilty at one time or another in the improper use of words. Our gnawing remorse could not undo or…

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Words are powerful

By April 14, 2009Punch Forum

Bishop vs. Gonz?

By | Punch Forum

Hermie Erguiza 12 April 2009 To Gonzalo Duque: Ano kaya kung kayo ni Bishop Cruz ang maglaban sa guv position? Siguro sa moralidad, masyadong malayo ang agwat ninyo ano? O di ka mananalo kasi maraming galit na kabataan na galing sa eskuelahan nyo dahil sa sobrang pahirap sa financial ang…

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Bishop vs. Gonz?

By April 14, 2009Punch Forum

Editorial

By | Editorial, News

Fighting the drug menace UNITED we stand, divided we fall. This bears remembering now, particularly in view of the government’s effort, if indeed it is serious in its pronounced all-out campaign, to address the illegal drug trade in the country. The seemingly uncoordinated efforts of agencies involved in the task,…

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Editorial

By April 13, 2009Editorial, News

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

The ‘SC’, a whole new world By Ermin Garcia Jr. As someone who has been blest with the ownership of a senior citizen’s card for a year now, I feel it my duty, nay my responsibility to write about my new kind of people – the beautiful, all-knowing senior citizens….

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Punchline

By April 13, 2009Opinion, Punchline

Think about it

By | Archives, Opinion

Art Lomibao eyes JdV post By Jun Velasco AT the Lyceum Northwestern U’s graduation rites at the Stadia Saturday, Commission on Higher Education Chairman Manny Angeles said his office will uphold at all times the merit system and, logically, rebuke the misfit, the abusive and the corrupt in the field…

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Think about it

By April 12, 2009Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

By | Archives, Opinion

The Lessons of Lent By Gonzalo Duque WE saw the graphic face of man’s (and woman’s) suffering when we served during the Ramos presidency as Deputy Administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in the early 90’s. It was quite an experience. Yes, the tragic face of poverty is…

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Playing with Fire

By April 12, 2009Archives, Opinion