A wake up call
 By Eva C. Visperas
He pities children who stay up late at night, sometimes even till dawn, to assist in coronation nights during fiestas. He would quietly summon them and tell them to go home instead of staying up late whenever he sees them in occasions where he is invited as guest.
And he feels proud seeing them dance our very own folkdances but frowns at kids who’d rather do the “ocho-ocho”, breakdance, hip hop dances.
Yes, Congressman Amado Espino Jr. of Pangasinan second district can be described as “makaluma” but I agree with him.
On one occasion, I heard an elected president of a student body speak entirely in the Pangasinan dialect. Wow, it was something wonderful, a music to our ears. And Congressman Espines (as he is fondly called) who was the guest, quickly went out of his way to congratulate the boy.
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Filed under Opinion, Business Log by Sunday Punch.
Here comes the BPRE Pneumatic corn planter
 By Sosimo Ma. Pablico
FARMERS UNANIMOUSLY SAY that the most difficult operation in corn production is the planting of the seeds. With the traditional method of planting, at least eight persons are needed to plant a hectare in one day. A planter drops two seeds or more to a hill at variable distances as he walks the whole length of the field to and pro.
Imagine the distance a planter traverses in a day as he sows the corn seeds. By the end of the day, he is already tired and exhausted. On top of this, women and children are not spared from the planting operation, especially in areas where there is a shortage of hired farm hands or when the farmer does not have enough cash to hire so many planters.
Manual planting causes uneven seed spacing and depth as well as uneven fertilizer application. The inherent inefficiencies in the system result in high production cost.
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Filed under Opinion, Harvest Time by Sunday Punch.
Villaflor Golf classic XIII bares winners
By Lito Ang
ED Sorio of Lingayen LTO once again proved his supremacy in local golf as he bagged the lowest gross in the recently concluded Villaflor Golf Classic XIII held last Sunday, September 24 at the Dagupan Golf Course. Scoring just 1 over par inthe par 69 layout, Sorio brought home a handsome trophy, a golf bag, Tileist Pro-V balls and a lot more. Sharing the limelight is a promising golfer Art Andrey of Splash Pharmaceuticals who carded a net score of 58. Other winners were Champ A - Col. Raul Ubando; 1st runner -up- OJ Nolasco; 2nd runner-up- Dr. Toto Juan; Champ B-Boy Balingit; 1st runner-up - Romy Juguilon; 2nd runner up - Rico Dagalea; Champ C - Brian Kim; 1st runner -up Butch Bernal; 2nd runner up-Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez.
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Filed under News, Opinion, People & Events, Golf Talk by Sunday Punch.
Murphy’s Law
By Emmanuelle
It is after lunch, just a few hours before the invited guests arrive. The house smells clean and fresh. Why wouldn’t it, after days of endless and vigorous scouring, scrubbing, sweeping, washing, airing, arranging and rearranging? The cake had been ordered days ago and is ready to be picked up. The fruit salad is cooling in the fridge, the tossed vegetables keeping it friendly company. The pasta is taking its warm bath on the stove, the meat sauce is bubbling and mindlessly babbling. The chicken thighs, embutido, morcon patiently wait for their turns to fry.
Nothing is going to go wrong. You cross your fingers, you close your eyes, and you wish it so, fervently and hard. At this point, everything starts to go wrong. It’s Murphy’s Law.
Electricity clicks off. Brownout. The block goes quiet, then BLAM! neighborhood kids go out hooting from their houses, slamming doors, banging things. The air goes warm, warmer, then oven hot. When the opened doors and windows can’t cool the house enough, you fling wide the screen. Flies welcome themselves in. You swat the meats, and you fry the fly.
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Filed under Opinion, Feelings by Sunday Punch.
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