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As the people sink By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. As the People of the Philippines sink in water and mud, their supposedly national leader flies high in cloud 9. As houses are destroyed and streets are flooded, someone is enjoying sky service with class on board, and anticipating royal…

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Viewpoints

By June 24, 2008Archives, Opinion

Harvest Time

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Hooked to Hybrid Rice SL 8H: II By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Nine of Nanay Soling’s 11 children left the Philippines to work in Italy due to the lack of profitable employment in the country. Having been raised in the Ilocano tradition, they saved and continue to save much of their…

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Harvest Time

By June 23, 2008Archives, Opinion

Sports Eye

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The Celtics rose from the grave By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE talk of the town until now is the Boston Celtics’ victory over arch-rival Los Angeles Lakers in this year’s NBA finals, particularly Games four and six when the Celtics showed stupendous fire-powers in demolishing the less-defensive Lakers. You…

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Sports Eye

By June 23, 2008Opinion, Sports Eye

Feelings

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Halved! By Emmanuelle It does not take an old proverb to remind us that half the world doesn’t know how the other half lives. Nor where it lives. Cutting it close, 10% or one half of society cannot begin to imagine how the other half of 90% lives. As mathematician,…

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Feelings

By June 23, 2008Feelings, Opinion

Viewpoints

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Food, shelter, clothing By + Oscar V. Cruz D. D. One of the most ominous realities that loudly announces that there is a fast brewing social volcano in a country, is the fact that a good number of its people lack basic food to eat, have no decent shelter nor…

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Viewpoints

By June 18, 2008Archives, Opinion

Punchline

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See no evil, get no electricity By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE thieves who stole Decorp’s 750 Kilovolt Ampere (KVA) transformer that weighs 300 kilos, off a fallen post in the middle of Sitio Camanggaan, Mayombo in Dagupan City must be laughing their heads off seeing how they have completely intimidated…

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Punchline

By June 17, 2008Opinion, Punchline

Here and There

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July 4, more than Fil-Am Friendship Day By Gerry Garcia MOST practical-minded Pinoys who are well aware of the fact that their Republic was granted independence by Mother America on July 4, 1946, are understandably unbelieving of current comment that “we are now on our 110th year as an independent…

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Here and There

By June 16, 2008Archives, Opinion

Think about it

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A taste of unfreedom By Jun Velasco We received yesterday an e-mailed prayer by Archbishop Desmond Tutu with its head, “Disturb us Lord.” It came from a friend from long way back whose compassion for mankind is beyond question. We thought that in this period of gathering hopelessness, the high…

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Think about it

By June 16, 2008Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

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Saludo ako, Congressman Victor By Gonzalo Duque WE saw a standout, shining Victor Agbayani last week. The man we used to sometimes criticize here for his inaction on the regional drug rehabilitation center project in Burgos, Pangasinan stood ten feet tall during the education committee meeting at the House of…

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Playing with Fire

By June 16, 2008Archives, Opinion