Thank you, Mr. Pontaoe!
Posted on June 9, 2006 - Filed Under Editor's Notes | Leave a Comment
Dear Mr. Pontaoe -
We wish to acknowledge with sincere gratitude receipt of your FIFTY DOLLAR check representing your membership fee as a SILVER MEMBER in our PUNCH KABALEYAN CLUB!
Your enlistment will go a long way in our effort to bring the ONLINE version of the Sunday PUNCH regularly to our overseas kabaleyans. Incidentally, you are [...]
Work half undone
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Rafael Oriel
orielamy@yahoo.com
9 June 2006
House Speaker Joe De Venecia announced that as of June 8, the House of Representatives passed a total of 814 bills, 802 of which have remained pending in the Senate. This is a clear indication that the bottle-neck or hindrance of legislative progress or production in Congress is the Senate. The dismal [...]
Derogatory labeling
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Lily Castillo
lilycastillo8263@yahoo.com
9 June 2006
Barbary Coast is part of the Bay Area’s history that northern California residents do not care to be a part of. Over the years, “Barbary” evokes nothing but negative connotations. It’s almost as demeaning as calling San Francisco “Frisco”. In the seventies, we were called “Flips”, Mexicans were called “wetbacks”, and Vietnamese [...]
