Don’t blame the referees
Posted on January 22, 2008 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Brando Garcia
22 Jan 2008
Mr. Garcia:
I’m sorry that your team lost. But to blame those two referees is unfair.
Worst of all, you used your column to air your dissatisfaction towards them. Why not blame your players for the loss instead of complaining about the officiating.
It is our mentality that when we lose, officiating is [...]
More on Georgetown
Posted on January 22, 2008 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Isidro Ramos
22 Jan 2008
Dear Editor, Georgetown University as pointed out by Mr. Gonz Duque is not in New York rather it is located in the Washington D.C. area.
As a side note the university is also the nation’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit university. Just making sure Dagupan and Pangasinan SP readers are informed appropriately.
Railways preferred than airport
Posted on January 22, 2008 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Ramon S. Torio
22 Jan 2008
The Sta. Barbara’s ambitious project to construct airport needs huge funding and thorough studies. This is very much welcome in order to shorten the travel time to far flung places in the Philippines. But, let us not forget constructing railways, because this mode of transportation is economical especially in trading business.
I [...]
Georgetown U in Washington, DC not NY
Posted on January 22, 2008 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Noel Erfe Verzosa
22 Jan 2008
In his column of January 21, 2008, Gonzalo Duque wrote that Georgetown University is in New York. It is in Georgetown, Washington, DC. It is a catholic university founded in 1789 by the Jesuits. Thanks.
Editorial
Posted on January 22, 2008 - Filed Under Editorial, Editorial Cartoon, News | Leave a Comment
Flights of fancy
Just as our local officials are scrambling for an international airport in the province, there came a hard slap on the country’s civil aviation industry, hitting both the national governing agency and the private sector.
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has downgraded the Philippine’s aviation safety oversight rating to Category 2 from [...]
Punchline
Posted on January 22, 2008 - Filed Under Opinion, Punchline | Leave a Comment
The PUNCH’s Roster of Imaginative and Effective Leaders
By Ermin Garcia Jr.
In our pursuit of effective and efficient governance, we are launching The PUNCH’s Roster of Imaginative and Effective Leaders.
The PUNCH Roster will list Pangasinenses who make the difference for our people whether in national or local level. It will be about people who [...]
Here and There
Posted on January 22, 2008 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Public highway system here distressing to balikbayans
By Gerry Garcia
THE state of our concrete or paved highways here in the province has not escaped the critical eye of my balikbayan friend whom I had invited to ride with me in my car for a tour of the countryside.
On the highway immediately leaving the San [...]
Think about it
Posted on January 22, 2008 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It | Leave a Comment
Fish pens are anti-poor
By Jun Velasco
MAYOR Sammy Rosario of Binmaley has endeared poor fishermen in his lovely town for completely stopping the operations of fish pens, calling it anti-poor.
Environment and Natural Resources Undersecretary Eleazar Quinto has commended him for it, adding Sammy simply replicated what they started in Laguna Lake.
Earlier, education and [...]
