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Posted on March 18, 2008 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Hope news of Dawel-Lucao road opening not ‘kuryente’
By Gerry Garcia
TODAY, Palm Sunday, is the beginning of the Holy Week (Semana Santa) that will end gloriously on Easter Sunday commemorating the resurrection of Christ.
Palm Sunday is celebrated with palm branch decorations signifying Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem . . . a happy welcoming event which, [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Jueteng in perpetual motion
By Gerry Garcia
OFF-the-cuff rundown on what makes the GMA regime most "evil". After joint agreement with ASEAN for stand-off vs. China in the Spratlys RP suddenly left on its own and joined China on a joint seismic "exploration” of RP's which gov't politicians and bureaucrats could skim $400 million in kickbacks [...]
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Posted on March 4, 2008 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Tradpol or astute JdV?
By Gerry Garcia
CONVERSION of the old Pantal road starting from Sitio Patalan in the west into a riverside boulevard certainly would be a welcome change from a previous stand of City Hall to build a riverside boulevard extending from Star Plaza Hotel westward which raised objections from affected land owners.
Upgrading the [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2008 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Moral reform via Cha-cha
By Gerry Garcia
THERE'S a sudden upsurge in the rise of "councils for moral reform" in our government following whistle-blower Joey de Venecia II’s expose' of over-pricing and bribery in the $329-M national broadband network -ZTE Corp., deal, with the ironic twist that the main drive for reform in the government is [...]
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Posted on February 18, 2008 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
CBCP's ‘Communal action’ divisive not premature
By Gerry Garcia
THE Catholic bishops' call for "communal action" in view of whistle blower Rodolfo Lozada Jr's expose’ of corruption in the $329-million national broadband network has been called "premature" by Palace spokesman Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye.
Communal action or mass or people power action (in the words of Lingayen-Dagupan [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2008 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Choir Olympics in Austria, Germany
By Gerry Garcia
IT was through Eva Visperas' story on page one of last Wednesday's Phil. Star issue that we learned of the sudden turn-around of some former JDV followers who voted for the Speaker's ouster: two law-makers each representing the 1st and 3rd districts, respectively one ABONO party-list representative and [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2008 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
The 'Tabako' nearing 80 still dances the Cha-cha
By Gerry Garcia
A majority of Pangasinenses sensing the "imminence" of JDV's ouster as Speaker of the House do not think the day will soon come considering the number of times he had held on to the post in succession on the strength of united support from his [...]
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Posted on January 29, 2008 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
'Unwitting' conspiracy to commit rebellion
By Gerry Garcia
ALLEGED Magdalo leader Sen. Trillanes, with former marine Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, launched a caper last year at the Peninsula Hotel in Makati City which took a turn for the worst prompting troopers and police to arrest the alleged perpetrators, including some media men and women.
The mutinous [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted on January 15, 2008 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Dagupan balikbayans here for a look-see
By Gerry Garcia
DAGUPAN has become a bustling city and its main streets are teeming with local and out-of-town shoppers and passenger jeepneys and buses do clog the traffic lanes that the authorities are compelled to allow only a one-way flow.
The Arellano-Bani street, once bereft of traffic has now become [...]
