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June 2009

Not the same!

By | Punch Forum

Guy Solis Behrick 29 June 2009 Mr. Ceralde, No, expropriation is not the same as acquisition of land by the city government via imminent domain. Imminent domain does not allow any governmental entity to seize private property without due process or just compensation. If so, then the government can just…

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Not the same!

By June 30, 2009Punch Forum

Where are the investments?

By | Punch Forum

Jess Delfin 30 June 2009 To Mr. Gonzalo Duque: You must be Arroyo’s full-pledged propagandist. Singing high praises to Arroyo who heads the second most corrupt government in Asia would have you compared to Herr Goebbels. Arroyo is an arrogant little woman who does not have any idea what leadership…

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Where are the investments?

By June 30, 2009Punch Forum

Thanks for defending GMA

By | Punch Forum

S. Bill Jimenez 30 June 2009 Kudos to Gonzalo Duque for defending the foreign trips of PGMA, which brought to the country billions of dollars in investments. Those who continue to denigrate her should first look in the mirror and see what they are doing for the country. Their penchant…

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Thanks for defending GMA

By June 30, 2009Punch Forum

Editorial

By | Editorial, News

The Sangguniang Kabataan is failing the province While the rest of the country is agog over the prospects of the 2010 national elections, the turn out of first-time registrants and young voters in the province has been dismal. Comelec’s provincial office estimates that there are 106,000 young eligible voters expected…

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Editorial

By June 29, 2009Editorial, News

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

“So young and so corrupt” By Ermin Garcia Jr. Our editorial this week puts the leadership of the Sangguniang Kabataan federation in the province on the spot. Evidently, the organization, supposedly composed of budding political and community leaders, have been paying lip service all along to their primary mandate –…

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Punchline

By June 29, 2009Opinion, Punchline

Think about it

By | Archives, Opinion

Esperons & nip RP’s problems By Jun Velasco AN obvious edge of those who engage Secretary Hermogenes “Jun” Esperon in a dialogue is that they get a first-hand or ring-side view of things involving government’s development projects. In an Engkwentro forum, we observed that he is able to make gigantic…

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Think about it

By June 29, 2009Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

By | Archives, Opinion

GMA’s foreign trips By Gonzalo Duque WE were saddened by the passing of our friend, Games and Amusement Board Commissioner Ricardo Villamil at the age of 67. Ito, a former councilor of Dagupan City, was charter president of the Rotary Club of Dagupan East, which just held its induction of…

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Playing with Fire

By June 29, 2009Archives, Opinion