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Feelings

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A POW speaks! (Continued from last week) By Emmanuelle And when did she actually start becoming prisoner to her words? It was the day she first became too old to be young. It was the day she bit her lips, her tongue for the first time and it was not…

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Feelings

By December 16, 2008Feelings, Opinion

Punchline

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A Nasty invasion By Ermin Garcia Jr. From day one, I have since voiced my objection to the plan of the Dagupan City government to construct a seafood processing plant only because it will be operated and managed by the city government, and that has not changed. Government simply has…

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Punchline

By December 9, 2008Opinion, Punchline

Think about it

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Waste of time By Jun Velasco AFTER the Pacquiao-De La Hoya circus, we are forced back to our old not-so-funny permanent circus, politics, our politicos’ preoccupation with wrong governance dictated by selfish aggrandizement. Do they really mean to change the constitution in a noble way? But their hands show that…

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Think about it

By December 9, 2008Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

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PhilHealth regional office stays in Dagupan By Gonzalo Duque WHEN we wrote about a nasty proposal to transfer the regional office in Dagupan City of the Philippine Health Insurance (PHILHEALTH) to La Union, many Pangasinenses were mad. Some of them texted us to express their anger and irritation. They said,…

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Playing with Fire

By December 9, 2008Archives, Opinion

Harvest Time

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“Sacada” descendant a pillar in aggie research By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico MANY DESCENDANTS of migrants from Northern Luzon have great difficulty in tracing the exact origin of their forefathers and, hence, could not pinpoint any relative there. The simple reason is that they were brought to those places and,…

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Harvest Time

By December 9, 2008Archives, Opinion

Sports Eye

By | Opinion, Sports Eye

Tour de Indonesia and the Pitaki cyclists By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE trendy and most popular cycling squad in the country, the “Pitaki Boyz”, is now in Indonesia participating in this year’s 12-day Tour de Indonesia. They are doing battle against some of the best from Europe, Australia, South…

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Sports Eye

By December 9, 2008Opinion, Sports Eye

Roots

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Toyo, Patis and instant noodles By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–My Filipina friends came around early this week to meet up with our other Filipina friend based in the capital Maputo who was on a whirlwind one-day/one-night working trip and stayed at our house. She had abet for everyone! Some herb…

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Roots

By December 9, 2008Archives, Opinion

Feelings

By | Feelings, Opinion

A POW speaks! By Emmanuelle SHE IS A prisoner, but of a war that is not fought with the violence of the blunt chop or the bunched fists, or of fingers expertly wielding knives, firing guns, or lobbing bombs. No, she is not a prisoner of that bloody sordid sort….

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Feelings

By December 9, 2008Feelings, Opinion

Punchline

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Joe de V’s crossroads By Ermin Garcia Jr. Finally, our Joe de V stood up in Congress to deliver what he long promised to do. But Joe de V’s allies now wonder why his statements failed to ignite national rage as many would have wanted or at the very least,…

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Punchline

By December 2, 2008Opinion, Punchline