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June 2011

Various comments

By | Punch Forum

Tiburon 11 June 2011   Like a blind man in the dark Re: Drag racing This problem has been in the frontburner for the last couple of years. Will it be controlled? With the penalties so small, the culprits usually used for beer money? No! These copycats of Nascar or…

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Various comments

By June 13, 2011Punch Forum

BIRTHDAY BOY AT 75

By | Overseas, People & Events, Punch Gallery

BIRTHDAY BOY AT 75–Friends and family of Engr. Lope C. Catubig Jr. gathered last weekend, June 11th for a luau at the Alta Vista Park in Redondo Beach, California to celebrate his 75th birthday. Catubig a long-time resident of California, USA, is an officer of the Greater Dagupan Association of Southern California. Seated in foreground…

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BIRTHDAY BOY AT 75

Editorial

By | Editorial, News

Who’s accountable? TREAT Mother Nature kindly and we are guaranteed to harvest her bounty. Treat her harshly and we can be sure to suffer her wrath. We have again been reminded of this simple and basic law of nature when greed and corruption led to yet another fishkill in Anda…

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Editorial

By June 13, 2011Editorial, News

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

BSL’s “pet project” By Ermin Garcia Jr. IS Dagupan’s Mayor Benjie Lim for real? A PIA press release last June 4 quoted Mayor Benjie as having “expressed his desire to revive the landfill project in barangay Awai in San Jacinto town, which was his pet project in his first two…

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Punchline

By June 13, 2011Opinion, Punchline

Think about it

By | Archives, Opinion

Freedom By Jun Velasco “Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”– Aesop THERE are many Philippine flags everywhere you go today. Oh yes, we are celebrating – or we are being made to celebrate by government edict — Philippine Independence Day. We do this year in and…

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Think about it

By June 13, 2011Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

By | Archives, Opinion

School opening woes By Gonzalo Duque THERE was not much trouble as earlier feared on the implementation of the Kindergarten Program at the opening of classes last week. Many were expecting much trouble as usually is the case in trying new ideas and new systems. Well, that’s fine then, but expect trouble later, after…

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Playing with Fire

By June 13, 2011Archives, Opinion