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April 2009

Playing with Fire

By | Archives, Opinion

A ‘superman’ in our midst By Gonzalo Duque WE were simply glad, awed, too, we met anew our old and durable friend, Attorney Reynaldo A. Villar, older brother of newsmaker non pareil Presidential Anti Smuggling Group chief Bebot Villar at the birthday party of the congresswoman wife of Congresswoman Naid…

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Playing with Fire

By April 20, 2009Archives, Opinion

Harvest Time

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Broiler production increases with 2 veterinary products By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico TOP BROILER contract growers in Pampanga and Pangasinan are pointing to two veterinary products as having played a key role in their being top producers of a big time broiler contract growing integrator. The contract growers – Enrique…

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Harvest Time

By April 20, 2009Archives, Opinion

Viewpoints

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Financial crisis and Filipino resiliency By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It would be unrealistic to claim that there was ever a time when the Philippines wallowed in opulence or abundance, when the Filipinos had all that progress and development could give. The truth is rather this Country and its…

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Viewpoints

By April 20, 2009Archives, Opinion

Sports Eye

By | Opinion, Sports Eye

Tour of Luzon returns By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT was the year 1976 when the last Tour of Luzon was held, a multi-stage bicycle road race held annually under the intellectual property ownership of the late Atty. Geruncio Lacuesta. A son of a fisherman named Modesto F. Bonzo from…

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Sports Eye

By April 20, 2009Opinion, Sports Eye

Roots

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Shallow bliss By Marifi Jara COMING home from a far less developed country, where infrastructure is so poor, feels like stepping back into paradise. From the airport, my brother drove us through the Pampanga-Tarlac segment of the new Subic-Clark expressway (all the while hailing how great it is). While that…

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Roots

By April 20, 2009Archives, Opinion

Feelings

By | Feelings, Opinion

Not with my son, you don’t! By Emmanuelle This week, this mother talks: It was an indescribably difficult birth, but finally, after twelve hours of dry labor my first child was born. He will be my first and only son. I will have my first and only girl many years…

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Feelings

By April 20, 2009Feelings, Opinion

Timor Leste’s 2nd top official enjoys Dagupan’s Bangus Fest

By | Headlines, News

WITH the huge crowd that mobbed the opening of the Dagupan Bangus Festival on April 15, the presence of the second highest official of Timor Leste and his family who joined the celebration was hardly noticed. But those at home watching the live coverage of the festival’s opening on cable…

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Timor Leste’s 2nd top official enjoys Dagupan’s Bangus Fest

By April 20, 2009Headlines, News

P4.5 B re-regulating pond construction starts in May

By | Headlines, News

THREE Chinese companies have qualified to bid for the construction of the P4.5-billion re-regulating pond of the San Roque Multi-purpose Dam project in San Manuel town. The project, which will irrigate an additional 70,000 hectares of rice farms in the provinces of Pangasinan, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija, will be financed…

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P4.5 B re-regulating pond construction starts in May

By April 20, 2009Headlines, News