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Punchline

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The ‘Posterers’ vs. ‘Baklasers’ By Ermin Garcia Jr. FINALLY (?),  the once inutile Comelec is beginning to show some fangs threatening to shame ‘pasaway’ candidates who blatantly  violate its rules applicable to candidates’  propaganda. The question is: will it bite? Or will it remain the docile, submissive entity powerless when…

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Punchline

By March 1, 2010Opinion, Punchline

Viewpoints

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Boy Mayor Ambushed 4:20 AM, 28 February 2010, R.I.P By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD There was this man who was once involved in the devious and odious gambling called “jueteng”. It is not a secret that the eventual and constant “winners” from the said racket have been always the same:…

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Viewpoints

By March 1, 2010Archives, Opinion

Think about it

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Expensive politics By Jun Velasco THERE you have it, gentlemen and ladies, Manny Villar’s survey ratings have soared because he has outspent all his presidential rivals in political advertising and propaganda by a billion pesos. Which reminds us of many patriotic and talented Filipinos who don’t get a chance to serve due to lack of funds.

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Think about it

By March 1, 2010Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

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Paging City Agriculturist Molina for the nth time! By Gonzalo Duque HAVE you noticed that there is a plurality of political parties in Congressman Joe de V’s family? Kuya Joe has not given up his snake pit Lakas NUCD party. His wife Gina is running under a coalition of parities led…

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Playing with Fire

By March 1, 2010Archives, Opinion

Sports Eye

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My duo event By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LAST week I was so busy directing and supervising two events in San Marcelino, Zambales. Cycling in the morning and boxing in the evening. The two sports events were organized and sponsored by former DPWH Secretary Hermogenes E. Ebdane, Jr. in conjunction…

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Sports Eye

By March 1, 2010Opinion, Sports Eye

Roots

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Malunggay, marunggay, moringa By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–By vegetable standards, I could have been a poster child. I consumed the whole lot. And I’m not just talking about the typical green-therefore-disgusting variety that most children abhor like pechay, repolyo, kangkong, or green peas. Say slimy okra and saluyot? Bring it…

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Roots

By March 1, 2010Archives, Opinion

Punchline

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Food and water crisis to hit home By Ermin Garcia Jr. I DON’T want to sound like an alarmist but I sense something is dreadfully ominous in the weeks ahead. So far, life in urban towns and cities goes on like there is no tomorrow. Each time a natural calamity…

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Punchline

By February 22, 2010Opinion, Punchline

Think about it

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Bataoil shows preparedness for a new job By Jun Velasco IN a short chat this week, we got a glimpse of Noynoy Aquino’s character. Honest, clear-eyed, patriotic with a road map of the country’s future, the senator won’t mind diving in the approval ratings if raising it has a pecuniary price. No doubt, he has his parents’…

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Think about it

By February 22, 2010Archives, Opinion