Mayor Resuello shot, dies
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
ELECTION PEACE SHATTERED
SAN CARLOS CITY—The supposedly festive celebration of the city fiesta last Saturday turned violent after Mayor Julian Resuello, who is running for vice mayor, was shot and critically wounded while shaking hands with his constituents inside a jampacked auditorium.
Resuello died at 7:00 A.M. Monday at the St. Luke’s Hospital in Quezon City, [...]
Punchline
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Punchline | Leave a Comment
Is 'Operation Talsik Joe' on?
By Ermin Garcia Jr.
I hope our readers will oblige us with a bit of breast-beating this once, crowing if you may, but we in the PUNCH are absolutely [...]
Here and There
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Pangasinan beaches, pre-election 'hot spots' on May 1
By Gerry Garcia
ROADS leading to Pangasinan's coastal cities and towns will most probably be bursting at the seams on Tuesday, May 1 which, [...]
Think about it
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It | Leave a Comment
Pingcoy runs DOH like he was a candidate!
By Jun Velasco
OUR friend in the media, former publisher and senator wannabe Prospero "Butch" Pichay, is a versatile and hardworking member of congress, but lacks the [...]
Playing with Fire
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Playing with Fire | Leave a Comment
Earth-moving concern
By Gonzalo Duque
YESTERDAY, an ice drop vendor at the Tondaligan Park told my driver that he was given a whooping Pl,000 and a basket of relief goods.
Wildly pleased, the boy started running around telling the whole world about the biyaya that he received from the politicians.
Filled with tears, he cried to God [...]
General Admission
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment
President Pacquiao
By Al S. Mendoza
I JUST SAW a streamer with the words "President Pacquiao" boldly emblazoned on it. It [...]
Business Log
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under Business Log, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Returning to my Alma Mater
By Eva C. Visperas
Long time no see. That’s really what it was when I recently returned to St. Louis University in Baguio City.
March 1988, I bade goodbye to this university [...]
Harvest Time
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under Harvest Time, Opinion | Leave a Comment
NSIC releases new hybrid rice variety
By Sosimo Ma. Pablico
The National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) released last week a new hybrid rice variety that is high yielding and suitable in Luzon and seven other regions in the Visayas and Mindanao. It is recommended for transplanted culture in irrigated lowland in both dry and wet [...]
Viewpoints
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment
Jueteng Curse
By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.
Up to now, the present administration has not yet learned a plain and simple lesson: Jueteng is a curse to those who promote and even protect it. The past administration learned it the hard way. The present one however [...]
Sports Eye
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Sports Eye | Leave a Comment
Pichay, chess and cycling
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.
PROSPERO "Butch" Pichay, the president of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, has been winning sports fans in Northern Luzon, particularly in our big province, Pangasinan. I believe it's because he has shown a huge interest not only in chess but also in cycling, considered as one [...]
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