Edwin T 10 Sept 2012   The difference between MAYOR Ben Lim and VICE Mayor Belen Fernandez is that MAYOR Lim believes in the concept of capitalism, while the VICE Mayor is a socialist. Even though Her Highness may be an owner of a large business, through inheritance, most of…

Pepingbonuan 9 Sept 2012   Re: Perfect timing Edwin, 
 what is this madame this and that? Are you going after issues or are you now the “turo-turo” against your madame. Anyway, the judge now ruled that schools do not have to pay taxes, period! What were you saying about…

Pepingbonuan 8 Sept 2012   Re: Think about it Reading your column I thought you were going to “America’s Manifest Destiny” which brought McKinley to Cmdr Dewy to Manila. Start of Pinoy’s in concentration camps. Being Fil-Am it is hard to look at what they did to Filipinos. If you…

pepingbonuan 8 Sept 2012   Re: Playing with Fire Sir Gonz, 
looks like you have been talking to the choir, your choir. Here are the numbers from http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/sept-7-polls-find-hints-of-obama-convention-bounce/ On the most important vote, electoral vote, it is 314.2 Obama and Romney 223.8 and only 270 to win. On the chance…

By Leonardo Galvez 8 Sept 2012  The collection of city tax imposed on colleges and universities hit a snag with the favorable decision of Judge Genoveva Maramba. The credit goes to none other than the indefatigable Lyceum-Northwestern University President Gonz Tiongson Duque. He single-handedly questioned the city’s power to tax…

 (Editor:  This was contributed by a PUNCH reader whose name we are withholding. The submission speaks for itself).     Below is an excerpt from the City Address of Mayor Benjie Lim during the  65th Agew na Dagupan last June 20, 2012 lifted from the Dagupan City website.    “Throughout our history,…

Edwin T 6 Sept. 2012   Re: Lim, 9 dads face special civil suit The timing couldn’t have been more perfect for the lawsuit against Mayor Lim and members of the city council regarding the sale of the city-owned MC Adore Internationale Palace and a lot in Talibaew, Calasiao. What…

Edwin T 2 Sept. 2012   Re: Lim rallies PTA to help in efforts vs. flooding Hooray! for the Punch. The item on Mayor Lim rallying the PTA to help in efforts to adapt to the now regular flooding in the city which he attributed to climate change. Although I…

Edwin T 2 Sept 2012   Re: Value of life Pepingbonuan, I have said nothing about terminating life in the womb. I am against abortion, period. What I do not believe in is bringing into this world a child to live a life of misery because the parents cannot afford…