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Viewpoints

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Buying. Bought. Bribed By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. There are some questions that can be legitimately asked about the more recent events in the country that are begging for credible answers—if such were still possible. How gross can a national government become when it buys the loyalty and support…

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Viewpoints

By October 15, 2007Archives, Opinion

Harvest Time

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Successful farming after 19 years as OFW By Sosimo Ma. Pablico After 19 years of working as an electronics communication expert in some foreign lands, Roberto Serrano, 53, finally decided to call it quits and started farming in Rizal, Nueva Ecija.  Barely eight years have passed and he is now…

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Harvest Time

By October 15, 2007Archives, Opinion

Sports Eye

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Largest and nicest game By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LAST Sunday and Monday, three sports championships were held for us. One in international boxing and one each for national and provincial basketball competitions. In the international sphere, Filipino boxing icon Manny Paquiao retained his WBC (World Boxing Council) super featherweight…

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Sports Eye

By October 15, 2007Opinion, Sports Eye

Feelings

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Manners make the man! Or the woman? (Part 2) By Emmanuelle Old boys’ clubs way back around the middle ages had their rules of etiquette printed in guild statutes for the guidance of the members: Good manners maketh a man / Look that thine hands is clean / and that…

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Feelings

By October 15, 2007Feelings, Opinion

Viewpoints

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Curse for the illegitimate Philippine debt By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. In plain language, a curse is something that brings evil, torment or harm on a place, a person or a people. And the big fast total illegitimate debt of the Philippines is exactly that: it buries the Filipinos…

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Viewpoints

By October 12, 2007Archives, Opinion

Punchline

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Speaker JDV’s turn to shout ‘Back off’ By Ermin Garcia Jr. Now that the Arroyo government has decided to cancel the $329-million ZTE-National Broadband Network contract, it’s time to take a closer look at the costlier $469-million CyberEd project! The aim kuno is to link DepEd headquarters to its 204…

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Punchline

By October 8, 2007Opinion, Punchline

Here and There

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Outstanding New York doctor, a Dagupeño By Gerry Garcia THIS  was the insulting remark made by American actress Teri Hatcher playing the role of one of the Desperate Housewives (TV series) when she was being examined by a doctor: “Can I see those diplomas ‘coz I just want to make…

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Here and There

By October 8, 2007Archives, Opinion

Think about it

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Why not promote ‘Hiya’ campaign? By Jun Velasco A LUNCH meeting with new Supreme Court Justice Ruben Reyes uncorks a simple but powerful idea. While chatting on  the current issues affecting the country including those that are tearing the nation apart, he dropped a simple idea that Filipino leaders (leaders…

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Think about it

By October 8, 2007Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

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GMA, JDV will transcend personal hurts By Gonzalo Duque SAN FRANCISCO, California —   Most talked-about news concerning the Philippines here is the allegedly bruised relationship between President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and her husband, First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo with the latest addition of our friend, daughter Luli, on the one…

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Playing with Fire

By October 8, 2007Archives, Opinion