What a way to solve a problem
Posted on June 26, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Jeremias Andrade Carrera
26 June 2007
WATER QUALITY TEST AFTER FISHKILL? What is the use of the test after fishkill? To confirm that there was low dissolved oxygen?
Of course, there was low dissolved oxygen before the fish started dying and will be much lower immediately after the fishkill because the rotting fish will consume [...]
More cost effective
Posted on June 26, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Isidro Ramos
25 June 2007
Mr. De Leon, naming a street in honor of the late Mr. Ermin Garcia Sr. is more appropriate and cost effective than a statue where the birds could perch and do their duty.
Start a petition and signatures from the locals and present it at the next city council meeting [...]
A wish for full US military honors
Posted on June 26, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Jess Delfin
25 June 2007
Dear Ms. Marifi Jara, I can not fathom why are you disturbed by the American flag draped over Sgt. Correa's coffin? Is honoring a hero disturbing to you?
You appear to be a decent journalist so you probably don't mind explaining why. May I suggest to you that you should [...]
Let's meet in Pangasinan
Posted on June 26, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Van S. de Leon
25 June 2007
In light of my recent posting, here is my email address deleon@cox.net.
Dear Fellow Sunday Punch Forum posters, may I invite you dear fellow Pangasinense posters, that we meet each other in Pangasinan. Let us discuss the project of putting up a statue of Ermin Garcia Sr. in Lingayen [...]
Editorial
Posted on June 25, 2007 - Filed Under Editorial, Editorial Cartoon, News | Leave a Comment
A time to learn
EDUCATION is a recurring theme in many of the news and feature stories this week.
The tale of Sally Lopez is most inspiring. This 33-year old wife, mother and fish trader from Dagupan has taken the initiative to study how to read and write - considered two of the most basic skills that [...]
Here and There
Posted on June 25, 2007 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Disturbing choice between Jose and Pablo?
By Gerry Garcia
A GRAND show-down seems to be in the offing between Congressmen JdV and Pablo Garcia of Cebu in the bid for the [...]
Think about it
Posted on June 25, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It | Leave a Comment
Ed, get those cellphone snatchers!
By Jun Velasco
LAST Thursday afternoon, first year student Dindin Iñigo, daughter of Balita sports editor Dennis Iñigo and Bulletin correspondent Liezel Basa, just alighted from a trike from Mother Goose High School in Dagupan to Calasiao when her Motorola cellphone fell on the trike’s floor.
When she tried to get [...]
Why not honor a journalist?
Posted on June 25, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Van S. de Leon
25 June 2007
A life-size bronze statue of Gov. Aguedo Agbayani was put up in the middle of Lingayen Park and recently inaugurated.
I don't question it but I am envious and I tremble, in behalf of the great Pangasinense and a hero who was assassinated for speaking of truth as journalist [...]
We’ve a lot to thank US for
Posted on June 25, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Isidro Ramos
25 June 2007
Ms. Marifi Jara's statement in her SP column, "That the casket was draped in an American flag, arriving a day before the celebration of the Philippine’s Independence Day during which the waving of our own flag is supposed to take on special meaning, was quite disturbing", shows how young she is and [...]
Playing with Fire
Posted on June 25, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Playing with Fire | Leave a Comment
Pangasinan has no clear history?
By Gonzalo Duque
ON the occasion of Dagupan City Day last Wednesday, we locals couldn’t help but be proud of the city's history. Can we say the same of our province?
Sadly, we cannot. We congratulate the outgoing Agbayani administration for the construction of the Maramba Boulevard and, also, well, well, [...]
