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Remembering the Awai deal By Ermin Garcia Jr. NOW that Dagupan Mayor Benjie Lim has broken his silence (through his press release) over that infamous day when the city’s new batch of onor-onors took their “30 pieces of silver” and ran to hide, I am convinced more than ever that…

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Punchline

By April 30, 2012Opinion, Punchline

Think about it

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Pnoy will check if Spines is unbeatable By Jun Velasco “Seize now and here the hour that is, nor trust some later day!” — Homer PRESIDENT Noynoy will find his Pangasinan visit on MAY 7 as guest of the national Palaro a learning experience in local politics hereabouts. The province,…

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Think about it

By April 30, 2012Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

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Greed By Gonzalo Duque FIRST, we offer deep sympathy and condolences to the family of our friend, Ambie Valero, about a bit past 60, who died of colon cancer last week. His remains will be interred at the Eternal Gardens shortly. We were partly responsible for his appointment as director…

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Playing with Fire

By April 30, 2012Archives, Opinion

Deretsahan

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Bonuan Binloc, haven ng drug dealers By Bebot Villar NABULABOG uli ang Dagupan City police after I expressed my dismay over the non-stop selling of shabu in a Muslim community in Barangay Bonuan Binloc. Paano naman kasi, nagiging drug haven na ang lugar na ‘yan at nakapagtataka kung bakit hindi…

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Deretsahan

By April 30, 2012Archives, Opinion

Viewpoints

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Might is Right By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THE bigger and better the guns, the mightier the Armed Forces, the more destructive the bombs, the mightier are the countries that have them, the more right they have to do as they please. Poor countries are but diversions and trophies to…

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Viewpoints

By April 30, 2012Archives, Opinion

Sports Eye

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Fiasco in Mangaldan SK hoopfest By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE experience of the organizers of the Mangaldan SK Inter-Barangay Basketball Tournament provides crucial lessons to other barangays holding similar tournaments in the province. It was during the middle of the elimination round when rumors spread that there were some…

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Sports Eye

By April 30, 2012Opinion, Sports Eye

Roots

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Say bari-bari to the spirits By Marifi Jara MOTHER told us when we were kids that every May 1, at least one person dies from drowning in San Fabian because the spirits of the sea always have to take a human sacrifice during the Pista’y Dayat, the Festival of the…

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Roots

By April 30, 2012Archives, Opinion

Feelings

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How many deaths one must die before one breathes one’s last? (Part 2) By Emmanuelle ONE can’t have too much . . . of runways. Especially a runway that was wide, and white and sun-washed, a tall lanky figure standing at the foreground, hair tousled by a gusty wind. Hands…

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Feelings

By April 30, 2012Feelings, Opinion

Punchline

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The new onor-onors “30 pieces of silver” By Ermin Garcia Jr. BEFORE I get to the tale of the mother of all corruption circa 2012, I wish to share an urgent email message from Los Angeles-based Dagupeño Rex Catubig about a crisis that has hit home. As the Catubig family…

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Punchline

By April 23, 2012Opinion, Punchline