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December 2013

Editorial

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Endings   TYPHOON Yolanda, having struck at the tail end of the year and leaving devastation so extensive even by international disaster benchmarks, will perhaps go down as the one event that we will collectively remember about 2013. And not forgetting is a good thing. But what is even better…

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Editorial

By December 30, 2013Editorial, News

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

Unfinished business By Ermin Garcia Jr.   AS we end the year, getting ready for the next, I drew up a list of what I believe are pending public issues, or the “unfinished business” in the province and in Dagupan City that I would like to see resolved, accomplished and…

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Punchline

By December 30, 2013Opinion, Punchline

Viewpoints

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The Old Normal By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   TIME and again, there are people who speak and/or write about the “New Normal” probably to mean the adoption of new values, the observance of new behavioral patterns in the passage of time from then to now. There is the “New…

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Viewpoints

By December 30, 2013Archives, Opinion

Think about it

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The film as national unifier By Jun Velasco   “Is there a love that is nobler than one’s love for country? Certainly none.” —Andres Bonifacio   THURSDAY, we were drawing up plans with film makers and the media to rally the  nation behind local films for nation building. Our discussions were…

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Think about it

By December 30, 2013Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

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Belen’s Xmas bonus for employees By Gonzalo Duque   DAGUPENOS have had a meaningful Christmas. Especially City Hall employees who earlier were fearing non-payment of their salaries or outright dismissal from service due to bankruptcy left by the past administration. What happened was—Mayor Belen Fernandez, displaying skill and intelligence was…

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Playing with Fire

By December 30, 2013Archives, Opinion

Sports Eye

By | Opinion, Sports Eye

More down than up for PH sports in 2013 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FEW days to go before the year 2014. Hopefully with the Almighty God’s guidance and blessings, the coming year will be prosperous for all of us, unlike 2013 when our troubled nation suffered from a series…

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Sports Eye

By December 30, 2013Opinion, Sports Eye