Monthly Archives

July 2018

EDITORIAL

By | Editorial, News

Time for serious study, planning THERE is little to add about the extent of damages wrought by the back-to-back typhoons and monsoon rains that hit the province. There is only one undeniable fact that can be said – our province will likely suffer more in the months and years ahead…

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EDITORIAL

By July 30, 2018Editorial, News

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

Our farmers get relief finally By Ermin Garcia Jr.   AT the outset, allow me to express, on behalf of our province’s distressed rice farmers, our gratitude to Agriculture Sec. Manny Piñol for the promised delivery and distribution of bags of palay seedlings to help our farmers cope with their…

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Punchline

By July 30, 2018Opinion, Punchline

Playing with Fire

By | Archives, Opinion

Let’s have stronger dikes By Gonzalo Duque   IT was suspenseful, the hour-long delay that marred the President’s SONA last Monday. But it was top news, eventful, historic our old friend former President GMA was dramatically installed as Speaker, replacing the controversial now former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. Papaano naman? Hindi…

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Playing with Fire

By July 30, 2018Archives, Opinion

G Spot

By | G Spot, Opinion

Talampunay Blues By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo   BEFORE President Duterte delivered his third State of the Nation Address (SONA), I posted on FB, my own characterization of his previous speeches: “Sonambulism: reporting while sleeping, digressing from the official report and talking only about one thing, obsessively.” Sonambulism is not a…

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G Spot

By July 30, 2018G Spot, Opinion

Sports Eye

By | Opinion, Sports Eye

It’s still palakasan in Philippine sports By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   THREE weeks from now and the much-awaited Asia’s sports spectacle the 2018 Asian Games will officially kicks off in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia on August 18 and ends on September 2. Unlike the 2014 Asiad held in Incheon,…

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Sports Eye

By July 30, 2018Opinion, Sports Eye