Is Expedita the sister of La Paz?
Posted on October 22, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Alex L. De Guzman
22 Oct 2007
I was reading Sunday Punch in the internet in our office and suddenly there was this name that I will never forget in my life because she is the sister of my best friend since we were in High School in Orient Colleges in 60’s. My best friend’s name is [...]
Editorial
Posted on October 22, 2007 - Filed Under Editorial, Editorial Cartoon, News | Leave a Comment
The truth and nothing but….
W HEN Joey, the son of Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., blew the whistle on the now cancelled NBN deal with China’s ZTE, not everyone readily believed him. The political connection is too telling. And his company was a failed bidder in that project. The motivation could not be easily assumed [...]
Punchline
Posted on October 22, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Punchline | Leave a Comment
When?
By Ermin Garcia Jr.
As we were about go to the press, the news of bombing of Glorietta 2 in Makati City reached us. So by the time you read this, more developments have already been reported in the media including post-mortem assessments.
What I know for certain is that the sense of panic and [...]
Here and There
Posted on October 22, 2007 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Amiable Joe in moral crusade
By Gerry Garcia
CHAIR-WRECKER W. M. Esposo, Phil Star’s open-minded but ruthless puncher, was certainly not pulling his punches when he wrote, “some of the biggest predators of the country are products of Catholic schools like Ateneo de Manila University. Through several plundering regimes, some Ateneo Blue Eagles have turned into [...]
Think about it
Posted on October 22, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It | Leave a Comment
Days of Quintero and Fr. Panlilio compared
By Jun Velasco
WHAT’s happening to our country these days requires us to unlearn a lot of things.
One, our perception of some top government officials. Were they what they now appear to be?
As we wrote this, several text messages hounded us about a bombing of crowded Glorietta in [...]
Playing with Fire
Posted on October 22, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Playing with Fire | Leave a Comment
Power Grab
By Gonzalo Duque
AS soon as the sight of Manila came to view after a 16-hour flight, our first desire was to contact Sec. Pingkoy and Speaker Joe de Venecia. Why?
We were intrigued by a PDI news item that our friend Joe de V was asking for the removal of Pingkoy from PGMA’s cabinet.
Whattt???!!! [...]
General Admission
Posted on October 22, 2007 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment
On to Tokyo
By Al S. Mendoza
BY THE WILL OF GOD, I’ll be in Japan when you are reading this. I wrote this piece two days (Thursday, Oct. 18) before I boarded a Northwest Airlines jet bound for Nagoya on Saturday, Oct. 20.
Minutes after my arrival in Nagoya, I’ll be whisked off to Numazu, [...]
Harvest Time
Posted on October 22, 2007 - Filed Under Harvest Time, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Aflatoxins are deadly
By Sosimo. Ma. Pablico
Never take aflatoxins for granted. Worldwide, these are known to be deadly.
Helen R. Calica, supervising science research specialist of BPRE (Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension), said that aflatoxins are the most widely known among the mycotoxins because of their acute and chronic toxicity in animals. Aflatoxins have been [...]
Viewpoints
Posted on October 22, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment
Forgive us
By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.
Do forgive us please, young people of the today. Our national hero said with hope and pride that you were the hope of the Country. One very distinguished and much loved Pope also affirmed that the young people of the world were the strength and hope of the [...]
