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August 2009

Working together without rancor

By | Punch Forum

Kareef 25 August 2009 Re: Arenas defends GMA, cites her work ethics Ito ang sinasabi ko. Gunaw na ang mundo nagbabangayan pa rin tayo kung paano uunlad. Ang problema natin ay hindi ang paghahanap ng matinong liderato. Ang problema natin — HOW TO MAKE THESE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS work together without…

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Working together without rancor

By August 26, 2009Punch Forum

CHEAPER MEDICINE LAW ENFORCEMENT

By | Inside News, News, Punch Gallery

CHEAPER MEDICINE LAW ENFORCEMENT—Renato Padilla (3rd from left), food and drugs supervisor of the Department of Health-Bureau of Food and Drugs, reports a 100% compliance among drugstores in Region 1, including Pangasinan, with the minimum drug retail price order on the first week of the month. (Punchphoto by Cesar S….

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CHEAPER MEDICINE LAW ENFORCEMENT

Editorial

By | Editorial, News

Partnering for affordable quality health care MEDICINE is big business. Any government attempt to regulate prices for the sake of the public is expectedly going to be met with opposition by the mighty pharmaceutical industry. And so despite its limitations, there is reason to cheer for the implementation of the…

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Editorial

By August 24, 2009Editorial, News

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

What’s next after ‘Deputy Mayor’? By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE Dagupan City government is trailblazing in local governance in the province, or so it seems. The 31 barangays in the city will be formed into clusters to improve efficiency in the delivery of services to the barangays. That’s the good…

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Punchline

By August 24, 2009Opinion, Punchline

Think about it

By | Archives, Opinion

A grand salute to Mother Goose Special Science High for its ‘unusual’ record By Jun Velasco THIS special science high school that came out of the “womb” of a super nursery school — Mother Goose Playskool – has made a name for itself as the producer of great minds. We’re…

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Think about it

By August 24, 2009Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

By | Archives, Opinion

LP on the upswing By Gonzalo Duque DON’T get us wrong. Just because we wrote nice things about Manny Villar should not mean we were rooting for him as a presidential wannabe. We received some text messages, presumably from the Villar camp, expressing dismay over our last column which played…

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Playing with Fire

By August 24, 2009Archives, Opinion