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Will Marquez fight the Pacman?
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - March 24, 2007 - 12:00am
Supporters of Manny Pacquiao were heartened by the media statement of World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman that newly crowned WBC super featherweight champion Juan Miguel Marquez must first defend...
If it quacks like a duck…
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - March 22, 2007 - 12:00am
No matter how the handlers and hangers-on of the newly crowned World Boxing Council super featherweight champion try to spin it, the fact is that Juan Manuel Marquez has unfinished business, and...
Showtime!
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - March 15, 2007 - 12:00am
Next week, the new Democratic majority in the US House of Representatives led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi will try to cross their own Rubicon. The House will vote on legislation proposed by Pelosi which continues...
Weekend woes
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - March 13, 2007 - 12:00am
It was the hard hitting title and teaser of that Sunday ad that caught my eye: "They are not fit to write our laws," roared the title. "The Cayetano-Pimentel position cannot be made the starting...
The role of youth in elections
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - March 10, 2007 - 12:00am
With their vaunted majority in our current population in this country, one would think that our youth would not only be conscious of their power but also make sure that their voices are heard in...
A neighbor in ferment
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - March 8, 2007 - 12:00am
It’s not only Thailand which is undergoing radical change these days. More significantly for us, Indonesia, with its 245 million citizens, a full...
Kris-James? Think Anna Nicole Smith
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - March 6, 2007 - 12:00am
Those who might think of the Philippines as the center of the universe should think again. As we preoccupy ourselves — some believe to inordinate excess...
Kapatiran’s commitment
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - March 3, 2007 - 12:00am
By way of follow-up to last Thursday’s column on those charges of sexual harassment lodged by "Jessica," a Dean’s...
Sin Verguenza?
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - March 1, 2007 - 12:00am
My alma mater, the Ateneo de Manila University, of which I am most proud, takes, I am made to understand, a "very protective" attitude when it comes to alleged sexual harassment of its students,...
Iraq war fund conundrum
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - February 27, 2007 - 12:00am
It appears to be a conundrum, for the Democrats, that is, and a bit of a godsend for the Republicans, at least if you listen to that rightist, conservative gang on Fox News.
Mellow Melo Report
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - February 24, 2007 - 12:00am
For a body that was dismissed as being a mere GMA administration ploy to stave off criticism from radical, human rights and anti-Gloria groups, the report of the Melo Commission certainly seems to be...
Joey S.’s debut as economic briefer
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - February 22, 2007 - 12:00am
Newly-minted Presidential Chief of Staff Joey Salceda, in office for all of two days, must be trying very hard to live up to Boss and former college economics professor GMA’s...
‘Tyranny of the majority’
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - February 17, 2007 - 12:00am
Chief Justice Reynato Puno of the Supreme Court delivered a speech over a week ago before his fellow members of the Philippine Constitution Association which many believe deserves much more than the...
Chiang Kai Shek under siege?
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - February 10, 2007 - 12:00am
Nope, this is not a historical review of the fall of the Kuomintang government in China in 1949 and the assumption to power of Mao Tse-tung’s Red...
Thailand’s Airport mess; Lessons for NAIA III
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - February 3, 2007 - 12:00am
An article appeared last week in Singapore’s Straits Times by Bangkok correspondent Nirman Ghosh entitled "How a 5-Star Dream Turned Into a 3-Star Nightmare," giving readers an update...
NAMFREL into the sunset?
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - February 1, 2007 - 12:00am
For those of you who consider a "quick count" by the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) a veritable staple of recent elections in this country, you are hereby put on notice...
Bush’s SOUA: His credibility gap
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - January 27, 2007 - 12:00am
Some days it’s just not worth getting up. George W. Bush must have felt that way the other day when he delivered his State of the Union address before the US Congress. Shortly after the President...
Billary vs. Obambi
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - January 25, 2007 - 12:00am
The two top contenders at the moment for nomination as standard bearer for the Democratic Party in the 2008 presidential elections in the United States are, far and away, the second-term Senator from...
Hanging 101
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - January 18, 2007 - 12:00am
From most credible news reports, the hangings by the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein and his half-brother, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, were badly botched. If the Shiite-dominated government of Prime...
Should the VFA be reviewed?
by MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. - January 13, 2007 - 12:00am
The easy answer is that it should! Our review of regional trial court and appellate court pronouncements regarding the custody of US Marines Lance Corporal Daniel Smith has made a couple of things...
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