Editorial Cartoon
Salt-inspired THE Sunday PUNCH family is beaming with pride for the honor received by its publisher-editor as one of this year’s recipients of the provincial government’s ASNA Awards. It is pride that is not of arrogance nor self-importance but one of inspiration. It is what the award means in terms…
Editorial
ASNA for journalism By Ermin Garcia Jr. I AM personally humbled to be named one of this year’s ASNA awardees but equally elated for the recognition by the provincial government of the role that a community journalist plays in the shaping of the Pangasinan’s generation of people, their economy, history…
Punchline
Frank Sionil Jose and Pangasinan By Jun Velasco “Writers are unsung architects of the universe,” — Archibald MacLeish DURING the turbulent 60’s many of our young and “forever-young” adults would hang around two bookshops in Ermita, the Erehwon and La Solidaridad to be in tune with the intellectual outrage against US imperialism and…
Think about it
Dagupan LPs readying powerhouse team By Gonzalo Duque SAY hello to the former Nancy Cornista, gorgeous wife of Dr. Fer Estrada of Calasiao town. We had a sumptuous lunch at Pedritos last week in the company of Claudette de Venecia Dalusong, Angie Bernal Samson and Tessie Catubig Manaois. The group missed Cathy…
Playing with Fire
Who said the Pangasinan language will die? By Al S. Mendoza WE left Quezon City mid-morning for Lingayen, Pangasinan, to fulfill a date with F. Sionil Jose, the national artist for literature and, yes, Raffy Baraan, the soft-spoken provincial administrator. But in Tarlac City, some two hours away from home,…
General Admission
Gising, chief of police ng Dagupan at Urdaneta! By Bebot Villar MISMONG sa Pangasinan ay naglipana pa rin ang mga nagbebenta ng illegal drugs, lalo na ng shabu. Long before I assumed my post as chairman of Dangerous Drugs Board, matindi na ang aking advocacy laban sa droga. Mayor pa…
Deretsahan
Socio-financial Development Pyramid By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD PROBABLY this is altogether irrelevant. Perhaps this is too elementary. Possibly this is but chicken feed. But just be same, it could be worth telling and noting for any reference or reminder it might serve – especially on the part of the…
Viewpoints
‘To dream the impossible dream’ By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I BELIEVE most of our countless cycling aficionados are not aware that only two Asian cyclists have so far participated in the Tour de France (TdF) since its birth in 1903. They are Fumiyaki Bepper and Yukiya Arashiro, both from…
