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Feelings

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What if it went like this? By Emmanuelle SHE must have to write this. She must have to have the rest. Two weeks to the day, almost all in the village, except the very dumb and the very dead, were aware that something was amiss. Even the neighbors sharing the…

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Feelings

By December 6, 2009Feelings, Opinion

Punchline

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Accountability is the key By Ermin Garcia Jr. Thank God for the indefatigable and distinguished lawyers in our midst! Led by former CA Justice Ted Regino and Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo, they have upped the ante for the safety and welfare of our kabaleyans against priorities of the San Roque…

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Punchline

By November 30, 2009Opinion, Punchline

Think about it

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A developed labor force to modernize RP By Jun Velasco WHAT happened in Maguindanao could portend a serious political backlash that would take an entire might of the government to handle if it should be able to restore normalcy, Up to now, we find it hard to imagine how supposedly…

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Think about it

By November 30, 2009Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

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RP to produce world-class athletes By Gonzalo Duque WE are on the road to producing world-class athletes. This became evident recently with the initiatives and efforts of the Commission on Higher Education and the Philippine Sports Commission to develop Filipino athletes to world-class variety. How are we going to do…

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Playing with Fire

By November 30, 2009Archives, Opinion

Viewpoints

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“Ex-priests” By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is certainly not a secret that there is a sizable number of Catholics priests in the Philippines – and in the Catholic world in general – who failed to keep the formal and categorical promises, obligations or commitments specially appended to their…

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Viewpoints

By November 30, 2009Archives, Opinion

Sports Eye

By | Opinion, Sports Eye

Ebdane’s race, my biggest yet By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. EVEN during my prime years in bicycle racing, I already started to organize and direct road races. My first was on March 14, 1974 during the fiesta of my hometown Mangaldan. I always remember monumental events, especially the firsts, in…

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Sports Eye

By November 29, 2009Opinion, Sports Eye

Roots

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No animal, but the devil By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique—On an early morning safari at the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia last year, we came across parts of the remains of a buffalo in a bush area. It was fresh from the kill of a lion pack the night…

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Roots

By November 29, 2009Archives, Opinion

Feelings

By | Feelings, Opinion

To have gone and done all that . . . By Emmanuelle THEIR first two meetings showed how far and distant Em had held off the world at bay. Since those fateful days, never; forever hence on, not. Em’s government office is spacious and sunny, enclosed in four walls of…

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Feelings

By November 29, 2009Feelings, Opinion

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

“Politics is addition” adage corrupts By Ermin Garcia Jr. AFTER all the dizzying posturing in the past weeks by all political wannabes in the local front, the first wave of political dust will finally settle down. We will soon know who are in and who are out but in all…

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Punchline

By November 23, 2009Opinion, Punchline