53 years of PUNCHing JOURNALISM has evolved tremendously alongside technological innovations and global transformations over the more than half a century since our founder-editor, Ermin Garcia Sr., established The Sunday Punch. We are proud to say that we have grown with the times, particularly in terms of extending our publication…
Editorial
PGMA embarrasses Sec. Pingkoy By Ermin Garcia Jr. I pity our two kabaleyans in the cabinet, who, as good soldiers for the wrong commander, are bearing the brunt of PGMA’s handling of the Cheaper Medicines Act willy-nilly. Mrs. Arroyo certainly had no qualms embarrassing Health Sec. Pingkoy Duque and Trade…
Punchline
Pangasinense Rotarians in Cubao By Jun Velasco PANGASINENSES should applaud two Pangasinenses Cabinet secretaries on the forefront of cutting costs of essential medicines, namely Health Sec. Pingkoy Duque and Trade Sec. Peter Favila. In case you don’t know, a lot of deaths in this country would have been prevented if…
Think about it
Grandstanding By Gonzalo Duque IN the internet, you get all kinds of verbal abuse. Because ours is a democracy, the exercise seems healthy. But it goes out of hand at times. There are the frustrated writers who simply love to hit at their pet peeves in the internet. They are…
Playing with Fire
Medicine mess: Witch hunt for poll gimmick in 2010 By Al S. Mendoza NO, they don’t just lie there. They are buried there. Had they been found just lying there, there wouldn’t have been much hassle. Easy to dispose of. Haul them to the designated garbage site. Dump them there….
General Admission
Just for the record By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Whereas it already appears as a probability that a Catholic Priest will throw his hat into the arena of the 2010 Presidential Election in the Country, it is not only proper and just but also practical that certain more signal…
Viewpoints
Sta. Barbara’s top sportsmen: Velasco and Marlou By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BEING a public servant of the town of Sta. Barbara, Mayor Reynaldo Velasco regularly meets with us, the local media people. Another of the town’s famous personalities, PBA superstar Marlou Aquino, is also used to facing the press….
Sports Eye
OVER UNABATED KILLINGS LINGAYEN–Sixth district Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr., in a privilege speech delivered Monday, has raised an alarm over the deteriorating peace and order situation in the province given the high number of killings. Bince said there were 16 victims of violent killings within the period June to…
