Learning from the American experience By Gonzalo Duque PHILADELPHIA, USA –Sorry, folks, for missing two issues. We were on a nonstop swirl of activities here, visiting family members, friends, learning centers and hobnobbing with educators and diverse personalities from the West to the East Coast.
Nothing but Pacquiao anywhere you go By Al S. Mendoza IT’S still a week away, but look what’s happening. Everybody’s talking about it. In fact, it’s been that way since the deal was sealed about three months ago. From the candy store to the chapel, from the barber shop to…
Concepts and Realities By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD This is in the realm of intentions vs. realizations, in the sphere of fantasy vs actuality. Thus it is that there are concepts, which are noble and inspiring – – with the realities however emerging therefrom that prove as not only undesirable…
Pacquiao will win By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ONE week to go and the most-awaited, most-ballyhooed World Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight title fight between our very own Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Mexican Antonio Margarito will be staged. It will be held at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, about…
Two-headed monster By Ermin Garcia Jr. REPORTS reaching the PUNCH indicate that we’ve just seen the most expensive and very divisive barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections yet in the province. And if Comelec will remain what it is today, an impotent constitutional body, in the next decade then we are…
Tsunami jitters By Jun Velasco THE recent killer tsunami that hit Indonesia has sent us the jitters because of our proximity to that country. Despite disclaimers in the media that the Philippines won’t be hit likely by tsunamis, our subconscious refuses to let go of our fears. You see, our…
The true meaning of voting By Al S. Mendoza AGAIN, this thing called voting. I went home to my land of birth that is Mangatarem for the barangay elections on October 25. Only last May 10, I did the same but for the election of the president and vice president,…
All Saints Day By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD It is always phenomenal to behold how practically all roads lead to the cemeteries, how people flock to the burial grounds in order to be with their dear departed. Neither much rain nor real storms can stop them. Come November 1, “All…
Can we trust this man? By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. I WAS surprised to receive a call from Seato Gonimil, chief de mission of Dagupan City’s delegation to the Region 1 PRISAA Games. He was fuming mad as he reported that the general services officer of Dagupan City, named Ed…
Text power By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–We joined several million others here last week in registering our Mozambican pre-paid mobile SIM cards. Good thing there was already a facility to do it online because it would have been a stressful experience joining the long queues in the phone company’s office….
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