Jeremias Andrade Carrera 17 August 2009 Re: Jealous? Dear Dan: Your statement that he is doing something to improve the lives of Filipinos is obviously for the inventor, not the PCE and no one is jealous. The forum posters who are not stupid are only questioning how he invented \500…
As the AFP suffer and weep By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. They become soldiers for little and live as soldiers with little. They are sent to places where there is little to enjoy and little means to communicate with their families. They live in camps where there are but…
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Editorial Cartoon
Addressing waste now URDANETA City’s sanitary landfill project, if viewed strictly in reference to Republic 9003 or The Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, is long overdue — more than three years behind the deadline in fact — and the local government officials led by Mayor Amadeo Perez should…
Editorial
Make the police accountable By Ermin Garcia Jr. The provincial police have shown in recent weeks that, yes, it can win battles in the war against guns-for-hire and kidnap-for-ransom syndicates in the province. The police’s recent strings of success demonstrated that all that was needed was to intensify its intelligence…
Punchline
Ms. Ric 16 August 2009 While I applaud the DepEd’s efforts to bring technology in the classrooms, I’m wondering if their priorities are again missing the mark. Mr. Ceralde brought up the problems of public school bathrooms about a year ago, and by the looks of it, very little has…
A challenge for Gonz
Maybelyn Fernandez for councilor in 2010 By Jun Velasco GOOD news to Punch readers who keep asking about the whereabouts of consultant Gerry Garcia, dear uncle of publisher Ermin Jr., who has been “missing” in this page for some time now. We saw a couple of days back the younger…
Think about it
Rebirth of the Liberal Party By Gonzalo Duque WE missed you, dear readers, last week. The reason we intentionally did not write our column was the death of our beloved former President, Tita Cory Aquino. We mourned her passing, just like most of you. It was President Cory who appointed…
Playing with Fire
Why basketball is mission impossible By Al S. Mendoza WE made it to the quarterfinals. As I write this after watching that miracle, the nation’s praying for another miracle. No, it’s the basketball republic that’s been praying since Day One. In case you have forgotten, we are the most basketball-crazed…