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Proud to be Pangasinense

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r-jane 23 Aug 2010 Re: Pangasinan hymn launched in Capitol I miss Pangasinan very much..I hope this coming summer vacation maka-uwi ako…especially to the residence of Lois 
Labrador. I love Pangasinan hymn kahit na nasa ibang lugar ako i sing this song… my classmate asks –  “Why do you sing…

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Proud to be Pangasinense

By August 24, 2010Punch Forum

English for expediency but…

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Maria 21 Aug 2010 Re: Pangasinan language gasping for last breath The preservation of the Pangasinan dialect is absolutely important, or any dialect for that matter. It is the soul, to borrow Gov. Espino’s line, of the Pangasinan region, while the Capitol being its face and heart. It is sad…

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English for expediency but…

By August 22, 2010Punch Forum

Law enforcement is the key

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Jeremias Andrade Carrera 21 Aug 2010 Gambling Solution by Edwin: Where will the poor people gamble? In a casino? It is the poor people’s illegal gambling that causes the corruption and crimes in the Philippines so legalized gambling in poor communities do not necessarily lead to reduction in crimes. America…

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Law enforcement is the key

By August 21, 2010Punch Forum

Pangasinan, an embarrassment

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Jess Delfin 19 Aug 2010 Pangasinan (and Ilocano) indeed are dying dialects (or language if you so prefer to call it as such). To my dismay, many of the Ilocanos and Pangasinense’s are embarrassed to speak their native tongue. They constantly switch to Tagalog even if they are engaged in…

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Pangasinan, an embarrassment

By August 19, 2010Punch Forum

Not the language but literature

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Santiago Villafania 18 Aug 2010 Re: Pangasinan language gasping for last breath Andi met ni. agni ompapatey so salitan Pangasinan ta onsulok man-duaran laksa la so totoon Pangasinan. What is dying is the Pangasinan literature – the so-called written Pangasinan as there a paucity of published works written in our…

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Not the language but literature

By August 18, 2010Punch Forum

Wrong mayor

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Alberto Manzano 17 Aug 2010 Re: Restoration of 2 flood control projects sought The article mentioned Virgilio Marcelo as the mayor of San Manuel
 but the last time I read the results of the recent elections, Salvador Perez was declared the winner by the Commission on Elections. Please, clarify. Thank…

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Wrong mayor

By August 18, 2010Punch Forum