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Harvest Time

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Better Farming with the New Technology By Sosimo Ma. Pablico For so many years already, Ali Tomara of Brgy. Kadayonan, Balindong, Lanao del Sur  has been planting his 2-ha  [hectare]  farm  with rice during the rainy season and then followed by vegetables in the dry season.  However, it is only…

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Harvest Time

By December 3, 2007Archives, Opinion

Viewpoints

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Truth, justice, change By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. How much lie, injustice and stagnancy can the adult bear, the young witness, the children inherit? When will the people say enough is enough and wherefore act to let the truth out, to make justice reign, to effect a change for…

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Viewpoints

By December 3, 2007Archives, Opinion

Sports Eye

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Busy town fiesta of Sta. Barbara By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER the two-month long inter-barangay basketball tournament where barangay Ventinilla captured the championship, three more competitions will be held in the town of Sta. Barbara in conjunction with the celebration of its town fiesta. It officially starts today and…

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Sports Eye

By December 3, 2007Opinion, Sports Eye

Roots

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Sea dreams By Marifi Jara I promised last week to write about how excited I got about the ferry service between the cities of Dagupan, Alaminos and San Fernando in La Union so here goes. At the turn of the century, as I was working for BusinessWorld Online, we undertook…

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Roots

By December 3, 2007Archives, Opinion

PUNCHLINE

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Who will stop the kidnappers? By Ermin Garcia Jr. The recent kidnapping of two young girls in broad daylight by a still unidentified kidnap-for-ransom gang does not speak well of the capabilities and leadership of both the provincial government, the provincial police, the local NBI. Or I should say the…

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PUNCHLINE

By November 25, 2007Opinion, Punchline

HERE AND THERE

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Shelving the cha-cha: Not forever, we hope By Gerry Garcia THERE’S definitely a need for foreign investors because local capital being a Third Worldish is not enough to fund our development. The problem is that there are provisions in our current Constitution which are rather too restrictive than protective of…

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HERE AND THERE

By November 25, 2007Archives, News

THINK ABOUT IT

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Local cop making things happen By Jun Velasco YOU might be tickled by this text message sent by Pangasinan Napolcom chief Benigno Dizon:             “Holdaper: walang ingay, akin na pera mo!” Biktima: “Hindi mo ba alam na congressman ako?” Holdaper: “Kung ganon, akin na pera ko!” Har har!

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THINK ABOUT IT

By November 25, 2007Archives, Opinion

PLAYING WITH FIRE

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Productive Inmates By Gonzalo Duque YOU should congratulate Mayor Al Fernandez. The World Bank thru the Department of Health and allied organizations will conduct a two-year study of the sanitation in the city to keep our denizens free from ailments and diseases. A private firm, Coffey International, headed by former…

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PLAYING WITH FIRE

By November 25, 2007Archives, Opinion