Tom Dela Cruz 25 Sept 2007 Mr. Mendoza, Just like your friend, Mr. Renato Valdez, I read your column in the Sunday Punch every weekend through the internet. In fact I have been reading your column in the PDI since I was a teenager (even up to now)….
Isidro Ramos 24 Sept 2007 Ladies and Gents, this might be one of the signs why Pinoy youths past and present are not reaching their potentials to become innovator and contributor in the lives of people. As you have read in this forum an idea was raised by…
Explore all possibilities
Jose Ceralde 22 Sept 2007 Jun Velasco column to paraphrase it “system still works…. with all its flaws.” is something to really think hard about. Those who talk about “kangaroo courts are just a minority” is right on. The majority may not give the system more time to…
A better mouse trap
Jose Ceralde 22 Sept 2007 Mr. Isidro Ramos, Copying or now the new buzzword “benchmarking” had been a big part of the success of the Japanese economy but is only one element of the economic miracle. Ms. Jara’s column on “Who let the dogs out” is another big…
Benchmarking only one element
Jeremias Andrade Carrera 21 Sept 2007 Mr. Ceralde’s Posts is on target about planning before engineering. Those analysis of the problem (include basic discipline of the residents and officials of the government) must be conducted before even proposing any engineering solutions like raising the roads or building levees….
The analogy between flooding and traffic
Jeremias Andrade Carrera 19 Sept 2007 Mr. Ramos: Raising the road instead of solving the flooding is different than designing the levees and hydraulic structures to protect an area from flooding. Obviously if you are an engineer that understands this matter, you will not pursue this argument to…
From an engineer’s perspective
Isidro Ramos 20 Sept 2007 The Japanese engineers are great copiers of the western technology and look at them now, 2nd largest economy after the USA in the world. NASA scientists are dreamers and travelers and we in the mainland are beneficiaries of these frivolous and “bizarre” ideas.
Benefits from dreamers and travelers
Jose Ceralde 19 Sept 2007 Engineering may not be the first solution to the flooding of our beloved city. I hope the first questioned asked are the ones that would not involved major expenditure. Could a change of doing things alleviate the problem? Will the mining activities from…
Some questions prior to engineering
Isidro Ramos 19 Sept 2007 Well taken, Mr. Carrera you said, “Most bizarre engineering analysis and planning of the century”… And you continued on to say, “I pity those engineering students taking or took their classes under professors or instructors with such “bright ideas”. Bizarre as it may…
Well taken…
Edener Benitez Fabella 19 Sept 2007 This latest revelation on the AWAI property purchase encompassing MetroState/Magsaysay Park enterprising mess is more proof there are rascals openly looting the country without fear of accountability. Is this an example of doing what the national leadership code of conduct is, or…




