“Leo, ikaw na!” By Ermin Garcia Jr. LEO Angeles, a Dagupan-Lingayen home-grown guy and a para-legal employee of a law firm in Manila, has “arrived”! He did what many others would not dare do – to be counted as the man who filed a complaint against Dagupan Mayor Benjie Lim…
City in these unusual times By Jun Velasco ”Those things that hurt, instruct.” – Benjamin Franklin WE bumped into former mayor Al Fernandez and his favourite candidate for 2013 mayor, Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez at Pedrito’s Friday morning. When Al was asked who of them is running against re-electionist Mayor Benjie Lim, he snappily…
We are our brother’s keepers By Gonzalo Duque WASHINGTON D.C. — In deference to the flood-season in the Philippines (not here in the U.S., see how we empathize with you fellow Filipinos?), we shall refrain from doing unsavoury political articles this week. Our cellphone continues to receive text messages concerning…
Whipping boys, if not decorations, in every Olympiad By Al S. Mendoza THERE are two ways to approach every Olympic Games to keep our sanity. One, we are going there not to win medals. Two, we are going there as a commitment to world peace through sports. Only about 30…
Shabu is cheap in Pangasinan By Bebot Villar Panay ang reklamo natin pag mataas ang presyo ng mga bilihin pero did you know na the price of shabu in Pangasinan is now the cheapest in Region 1? Yes, that’s according to officer-in-charge Police Provincial Director, Senior Supt. Mariano Luis Verzosa,…
Contraception By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD CONTRACEPTION is a many splendor thing to different people with different ideologies, beliefs, and consequent value system – as politicians, businessmen, secularists, and spiritualists. There are those who claim that it is the infallible solution to poverty and misery. Never mind if there are…
In Cebu for the Tour CEBU CITY – OUR flight to this city last Monday night was a one-hour and five minute-flight with approximately 40 scary minutes of unstable ride due to the inclement weather. It was the low-pressure area that eventually turned into a typhoon, internationally named Haiku. We…
Political Trap By Leonardo J. Galvez Adding more problems to the financially strap national government is the plan to add another congressional district in the province. It’s not advisable at this time. From the looks of it, it’s another ploy at “getting” another seat in the halls of congress. The legal basis…
Assertiveness By S. Bill Jimenez ASSERTING oneself is imperative for the preservation of human dignity. It does not guarantee success all the time for one may be labelled a “troublemaker”, but it is a necessary exercise of human right. So we must assert ourselves humbly, appropriately, morally and legally. A…
ANOTHER RESCUED FAMILY—Members of a PDRRMC team rush a family to an evacuation center in Lingayen after rescuing them. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
© 2025 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
