ELECTION PEACE SHATTERED SAN CARLOS CITY—The supposedly festive celebration of the city fiesta last Saturday turned violent after Mayor Julian Resuello, who is running for vice mayor, was shot and critically wounded while shaking hands with his constituents inside a jampacked auditorium. Resuello died at 7:00 A.M. Monday at the…
Is ‘Operation Talsik Joe’ on? By Ermin Garcia Jr. I hope our readers will oblige us with a bit of breast-beating this once, crowing if you may, but we in the PUNCH are absolutely on Cloud 9, exhilarated over our being adjudged last week as the country’s Best Edited Weekly…
Pangasinan beaches, pre-election ‘hot spots’ on May 1 By Gerry Garcia ROADS leading to Pangasinan’s coastal cities and towns will most probably be bursting at the seams on Tuesday, May 1 which, besides being national Labor Day, is also the start of the province’s Pista’y Dayat (sea festival)… meaning, the beaches…
Pingcoy runs DOH like he was a candidate! By Jun Velasco OUR friend in the media, former publisher and senator wannabe Prospero “Butch” Pichay, is a versatile and hardworking member of congress, but lacks the charm that would ensnare Ilocanos who want to be mystified like the charisma of Bung…
Earth-moving concern By Gonzalo Duque YESTERDAY, an ice drop vendor at the Tondaligan Park told my driver that he was given a whooping Pl,000 and a basket of relief goods. Wildly pleased, the boy started running around telling the whole world about the biyaya that he received from the politicians….
President Pacquiao By Al S. Mendoza I JUST SAW a streamer with the words “President Pacquiao” boldly emblazoned on it. It was caught by the camera amid the din of Manny Pacquiao’s 8th-round knockout victory over the unbeaten Mexican Jorge Solis on April 15 in San Antonio, Texas. Before that,…
Returning to my Alma Mater By Eva C. Visperas Long time no see. That’s really what it was when I recently returned to St. Louis University in Baguio City. March 1988, I bade goodbye to this university where I obtained my Mass Communications degree. I didn’t know then when I…
NSIC releases new hybrid rice variety By Sosimo Ma. Pablico The National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) released last week a new hybrid rice variety that is high yielding and suitable in Luzon and seven other regions in the Visayas and Mindanao. It is recommended for transplanted culture in irrigated lowland…
Jueteng Curse By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Up to now, the present administration has not yet learned a plain and simple lesson: Jueteng is a curse to those who promote and even protect it. The past administration learned it the hard way. The present one however refuses to learn…
Pichay, chess and cycling By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. PROSPERO “Butch” Pichay, the president of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, has been winning sports fans in Northern Luzon, particularly in our big province, Pangasinan. I believe it’s because he has shown a huge interest not only in chess…
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