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September 2016

Editorial

By | Editorial, News

The Kapitan and the Tanod THE barangay kapitan may be the low man on the totem pole, but he/she is no less powerful than the mayor when it comes to controlling activities in the village. Like most who have come to understand and accept what goes on in a community,…

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Editorial

By September 26, 2016Editorial, News

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

Dumaguete Diocese shows the way By Ermin Garcia Jr.   LAST week, the Sun Star Dumaguete reported a news that could be an item in Ripley’s Believe it or Not! if we knew it wasn’t true. – “Diocese of Dumaguete to donate 14 hectares for drug rehab facility” For a…

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Punchline

By September 26, 2016Opinion, Punchline

Playing with Fire

By | Archives, Opinion

Stop the bastosan, kasuhan na! By Gonzalo Duque   THE nation is now scandalized after being entertained by the political telenovela. Tama na po. Malaswa na. Nakakahiya sa mga bata. Ano ba yan, kung saan tumanda, naging walang hiya! Akalain mo, nakuha pang manakot! Tama na ang melodrama. Obvious naman…

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Playing with Fire

By September 26, 2016Archives, Opinion

Punching Bug

By | Archives, Opinion

Cayetano, drug war, De Lima By Ulysses R. Butuyan   ALAN WANTS COPS, SOLDIERS SLAIN IN DRUG WAR HONORED. The living receives service merits, awards, medals and promotions for “jobs well done.” What’s in store for those “suspects” slain by their own comrades? DUTERTE IS BACK AT WORK DESPITE MIGRAINE…

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Punching Bug

By September 26, 2016Archives, Opinion

G Spot

By | G Spot, Opinion

Driving me crazy By Virginia Pasalo   DRIVING dilemma (Part 4) will be posted on October 2 as I am deep into the preparation for two international poetry festivals where I will be presenting Kiew, an anthology of tree poems, the output of a collaborative effort of the Pangasinan Historical…

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G Spot

By September 26, 2016G Spot, Opinion