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August 2009

No such thing

By | Punch Forum

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…

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No such thing

By August 17, 2009Punch Forum

Viewpoints

By | Archives, Opinion

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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Viewpoints

By August 17, 2009Archives, Opinion

Editorial

By | Editorial, News

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…

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Editorial

By August 17, 2009Editorial, News

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

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…

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Punchline

By August 17, 2009Opinion, Punchline

A challenge for Gonz

By | Punch Forum

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…

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A challenge for Gonz

By August 17, 2009Punch Forum

Think about it

By | Archives, Opinion

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…

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Think about it

By August 17, 2009Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

By | Archives, Opinion

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…

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Playing with Fire

By August 16, 2009Archives, Opinion