Editorial
Posted on September 10, 2007 - Filed Under Editorial, Editorial Cartoon, News | Leave a Comment
Honesty not the best policy
The proposal to postpone the scheduled barangay election on October 29 has brought to the fore a major ill in the country's systemof governance - patronage politics.
We've all known about this for a long time now, this "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" routine. But for the first time, no [...]
Punchline
Posted on September 10, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Punchline | Leave a Comment
The skeletons of the Lim administration
By Ermin Garcia Jr.
The exclusive PUNCH story on the surprise status of the Dagupan City government's purchase of the MC Adore Hotel is actually just the tip of the iceberg.
The Fernandez administration is showing some diligence in investigating and establishing the true status of the controversial purchases [...]
Here and There
Posted on September 10, 2007 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
New LTO head, a Pangasinense
By Gerry Garcia
SITIO Tocok, a kilometer off Barangay Tapuac proper, lies along north-side of the soon-to-be-finished Dawel-Pantal diversion road. It's a sort of water-locked community where family neighborhoods often surrounded by water are ironically hounded by the lack of a vital need — clean potable drinking water.
And the inhabitants [...]
Think about it
Posted on September 10, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It | Leave a Comment
Goodnight, Phil Caracas
By Jun Velasco
OUR attention was momentarily glued to Publisher Ermin's peroration about certain media practitioners allegedly on the list of a jueteng "white paper" which, he said, was e-mailed to him by cowardly sources.
A week earlier, well known whistle blower Jaime Aquino (remember the Bishop Cruz caper?) told us about his "nasty" [...]
Playing with Fire
Posted on September 10, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Playing with Fire | Leave a Comment
Holistic approach needed
By Gonzalo Duque
We sincerely thank friends and foes alike for their praises and commendations the likes of Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez and Schools Supt. Aurora Domingo and her district supervisors.
Oh, yes, before anything else, all this fuss about perennial flooding and termites eating up our schools are mere results of a lack [...]
General Admission
Posted on September 10, 2007 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Pacquiao not focused
By Al S. Mendoza
IT is barely a month when Manny Pacquiao fights Marco Antonio Barrera.
Is Pacquiao ready?
But to answer that would be getting ahead of the story.
The Oct. 7 fight in Las Vegas, Nevada, has become hot conversation stuff since it was announced some three months ago.
A major reason is, Pacquiao's condition [...]
Viewpoints
Posted on September 10, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment
Shameless and hopeless
By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.
If the reports and statements about the now infamous ZTE broadband deal were true—and there are indications and arguments to that effect—it has to be admitted with great pity that the present administration is shameless, and the Country is thus hopeless. In addition to many scandalous graft [...]
Harvest Time
Posted on September 10, 2007 - Filed Under Harvest Time, Opinion | Leave a Comment
JICA, PhilRice project is cooperation for increased productivity
By Sosimo Ma. Pablico
The third technical cooperation project (TCP 3) of PhilRice and JICA [Japan International Cooperation Agency] means cooperation for increased productivity and income.
In a nutshell, this is how local government officials of Rizal, Nueva Ecija, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur and Currimao, Ilocos Norte look at TCP [...]
Sports Eye
Posted on September 10, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Sports Eye | Leave a Comment
Stunning and Saddening
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.
THOUGH it was saddening to know that Philippines just landed ninth-place in the FIBA-Asia Beijing Olympics qualifying tournament held recently, it was also disheartening to learn that our country is now ranked 62nd among the best men's basketball teams in the world, behind many countries in Asia.
This is [...]
Roots
Posted on September 10, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Roots | Leave a Comment
The young and the restless
By Marifi Jara
A battle is brewing among our youth.
The national organizations of student councils are calling for the abolition of the Samahang Kabataan. They claim that the SK, though originally well-intended as a venue for youth representation in our government, has proven to be a corrupted breeding ground for our [...]
