Editorial

Posted on March 12, 2007 - Filed Under Editorial, Editorial Cartoon, News | Leave a Comment

Kung-kung and Our Vote

IN the whirl of all the political and election-related news, it is easy to overlook what we call in journalism parlance as "color stories".
Stories like the "Kung-kung saves the day" in our last issue. While this is a rather charming tale of the use of a simple and indigenous tool to avert [...]

Punchline

Posted on March 12, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Punchline | Leave a Comment

Joe de V, no longer "Mr. Nice Guy"

By Ermin Garcia Jr.

Well, well, it looks like the stakes in the political poker game in Dagupan City and in the fourth district have more than doubled. My favorite mayor Benjie Lim's earlier [...]

Here and There

Posted on March 12, 2007 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment

Highway intersection within Calasiao town

By Gerry Garcia

THE long stretch of road starting from the city's main traffic intersection and leading northward to its immediate neighbor Calasiao town, is always [...]

Think about it

Posted on March 12, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It | Leave a Comment

Politics should unite, not divide us

By Jun Velasco

AT a birthday bash of a friend (Edwin Mendaros), a Jesuit scholar who looked like Alex Benedicto, deputy secretary general of the Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng [...]

Magic-DepEd to award 10 outstanding teachers

Posted on March 12, 2007 - Filed Under News, People & Events | Leave a Comment

The Magic Group of Companies, in partnership with the Department of Education-Dagupan, will honor the 10 most outstanding public school teachers in Dagupan City during a formal awarding ceremony for the Search for Matalungaring ya Maestra on March 19 at the People’s Astrodome.
Forty elementary and high school public teachers from all over Dagupan City [...]

Understanding the value of a dream

Posted on March 12, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment

Godofredo Sison
12 Mar 2007
 

Mr. Pontaoe,
Once again you entertain us with your eloquence, talking about stars, black holes, and galactic death. I am not much of a writer, so I will state my point plain and simple. Mr. Pontaoe, if you believe the Philippines is beyond repair that is ok. You are, after all, entitled [...]

It’s unconscionable

Posted on March 12, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment

Ronaldo Casten
12 Mar 2007

It's unconscionable that we have candidates for the senate or representatives with tainted backgrounds as Speaker Joe de Venecia who, until now has not explained his (Landoil Co.) odious loan from the World Bank guaranteed by the gov't amounting to $160 million. Is he paying for this loan or the gov't? Let's [...]

Putting the issue to rest

Posted on March 12, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment

Eduardo Pontaoe
12 Mar 2007
 
Mr. Oriel,
Let me put to rest this thing we are in. We're going nowhere. Running around the truth and not accepting the fact, is an insult to the people who watch and participate in the Forum. Let us avoid what we do in the Forum, become senseless and farcical. Your way [...]

Playing with Fire

Posted on March 12, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Playing with Fire | Leave a Comment

A JDV legacy

By Gonzalo Duque

GOVERNMENT and education policy makers have long thought about this, but they did not have enough guts and determination to push it to its logical conclusion [...]

General Admission

Posted on March 12, 2007 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment

It's all about money

By Al S. Mendoza

WHO can run and who cannot?
That is the most common question asked during [...]

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