The ill effects of Affirmative Action

Posted on November 21, 2006 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment

Ms. Ric
21 Nov 2006

November is the month when parents start downloading information on scholarships and FAFSA (financial aid). That $20,000 a year additional college expense can make any parent start thinking about a second job, a second mortgage, and even downsizing. But more importantly, November is the month when college bound students start panicking [...]

Keep Urduja name

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Sonny Villafania
21 Nov 2006

Rename the rest but let us keep the Urduja House as is.

Save your park!

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Vicky Nepomuceno Carrera
21 Nov 2006

Mr. Alvin Fernandez’s easy solution to solve the problem in Tondaligan shows how he will run Dagupan City when he will be the Mayor. To turn over Tondaligan to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources which will convert it into subdivision is a dumb idea.
Our city has beautiful undeveloped [...]

Don’t encourage the clowncilor!

Posted on November 21, 2006 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment

Eduardo Pontaoe
21 Nov 2006

Vicky:
Encouraging the number one "onor-onor" clowncilor Guadiz to be the watchdog on these illegal activities along the Pantal River is like leaving your car keys on the ignition and the doors unlocked. Nothing will change but they would proliferate like those fish pens that dotted the watery landscape and out of [...]

Dealing with illegal migrants

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Eduardo Pontaoe
21 Nov 2006

Mr. Edwin Farias:
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”, wrote Emma Lazarus on her sonnet The New Colossus, a defiant and merciful call to immigration rights. That was then at the turn of the 20th century, this is the 21st. Another millennia where illegal immigration [...]