Rounding the Bends By Emmanuelle Swing back the hands of time. Once upon an island, once upon a summertime. Those were days spent on idle contemplation of the sun and the sea, the sand and the sons of man. And in-between, one gorged on broiled fresh fish, coconuts and pineapples….
My crystal ball By Ermin Garcia Jr. Going by the picture showing Speaker Joe de V and Dagupan City Mayor Benjie Lim holding hands during the groundbreaking of the Pantal bridge last week, it would indeed, appear that the two are well on the road to reconciliation. No wonder the…
Bridge of sighs By Jun Velasco HIGH school journalists were surprised at former PNP chief Art Lomibao’s gift of gab recently at a journalism symposium at the Luna College in Tayug town. Unknown to many, Art, who now styles himself as “Citizen Art,” took special courses in journalism and media,…
Nurses nurse early win By Al S. Mendoza HERE’S GOOD NEWS to the passers of the recent nursing board exams, especially to those who did not benefit from the leaked test questions. On August 15, Tuesday, 400 nursing deans will dialogue with the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) headed by Leonor…
JDV and BSL are still friends By Gonzalo Duque BY THE TIME you are reading this I should be in the United States – no, not to effect the arrest of a libelous writer in the Punch’s One-Line section, a certain Pontaoe who is based in Chicago (that will come…
Exciting scenes behind Pantal bridge groundbreaking By Eva C. Visperas We’ve seen it with our own two eyes. We were there, together with hundreds of others unmindful of the scorching heat of the sun. Covering the President no longer excites us actually. But last Wednesday’s event made me somewhat eager…
Gambling Unlimited By +Oscar V. Cruz In the 23 January 2005 “Statement on Gambling”, the CBCP took notice of the increasingly serious problem caused by gambling in the country. For this reason, CBCP made the three following key pronouncements: One, CBCP considers all forms of legal and illegal gambling as…
Modified dapog method developed By Sosimo Ma. Pablico A new method of producing hybrid rice seedlings that cuts down on the amount of seeds used as well as production has been developed by researchers of PhilRice [Philippine Rice Research Institute]. Called the modified dapog method, it follows the principles of…
Lying and stealing in Dagupan City By Ermin Garcia Jr. What’s the truth about Dagupan City’s financial condition? On one hand, an obstinate Lim administration continues to deny that the city government is bankrupt, yet and on the other, the Lim allies in the Sanggunian Panglunsod are falling over themselves…
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