Keep a political system simple

Posted on May 28, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment

Rafael L. Oriel, Jr.
28 May 2007
 
 
Mr. Ramos, if you need a solid background in socio-politics, you are better off to put your stock to someone else. I am quite sure there are many Filipinos around with those credentials.
Actually, that is a very good question that you should ask politicians. Whatever I learned from the [...]

Editorial

Posted on May 28, 2007 - Filed Under Editorial, Editorial Cartoon, News | Leave a Comment

Lessons from May 14

A BIG round of applause, please, for Pangasinan's voters.
The impressive turnout of about 70%,or just a little less than one million out of the 1.36 million registered voters in the province, is proof that despite the demoralizing (and still unresolved) 'Hello Garci'  issue in the 2004 Presidential election, Pangasinenses have not [...]

Punchline

Posted on May 28, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Punchline | Leave a Comment

How to get rich quick in Dagupan City

By Ermin Garcia Jr.

Leave it to our incumbent city officials at the Dagupan City hall to show you how to get rich quick at the expense of the city government.       
First they [...]

Here and There

Posted on May 28, 2007 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment

Lone Ranger Panlilio's dare vs. the “poorman's game”

By Gerry Garcia

CAUSES which generally compel some hospitals to further detain healed patients in their custody for their failure to pay the [...]

Think about it

Posted on May 28, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It | Leave a Comment

A different kind of election

By Jun Velasco

WHILE the country just came off — thank God! — from  its  recent  political bedlam, the 2007  elections, this one at the De La Salle University on [...]

Playing with Fire

Posted on May 28, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Playing with Fire | Leave a Comment

Governor-elect Spines in focus

By Gonzalo Duque

I WANT to start this column with a smile.
First, kudos to all the election superstars led, of course, by come backing Speaker Joe de Venecia (sigurado na yan, according to a Kampi insider), governor-elect Amado Espino, vice governor-elect Marilyn Primicias, Congresswoman-elect Rachel Arenas, Mayor-elect Al Fernandez, Mayor-elect Rey Velasco, [...]

Business Log

Posted on May 28, 2007 - Filed Under Business Log, Opinion | Leave a Comment

New anti-smuggling czar
By Eva C. Visperas

He phoned in the good news to me a few days ago. But   truth is, he had been saying his reservations about accepting his new position because it’s really [...]

Viewpoints

Posted on May 28, 2007 - Filed Under Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Priest-politician

By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.

By simple considering the general, special and distinctive obligations appended to the person and office of a Priest as provided by Church Law premised on faith and reason, one cannot but come to the realization that a Priest-Politician is [...]

Harvest Time

Posted on May 28, 2007 - Filed Under Harvest Time, Opinion | Leave a Comment

Declining soil and water quality worries scientists

By Sosimo Ma. Pablico

Scientists are getting wary on the declining quality of soil and water all over the world as a result of continuous application of inorganic fertilizer. Thus, efforts are now being exerted to reverse the declining trend.
In effect, this was the main focus of discussions [...]

Sports Eye

Posted on May 28, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Sports Eye | Leave a Comment

I could be wrong

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.

I’M writing this today, Wednesday, two days before The PUNCH deadline because I have to travel to Baguio City to meet the Tour entourage and to lend moral support to our Pangasinan road gladiators because I believe they need some. So far, they had    been leading from [...]

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