Fire all scalawags in the PNP! By Bebot Villar PULIS na naman. And this time, not just one but twelve policemen were involved in the much talked about highway robbery and kidnapping that took place in broad daylight in Quezon City on September 1. Tsk, tsk PNP has hardly recovered…
Suicide By Oscar V. Cruz INTRESTING! More and more modern dictionaries do not even have the word “suicide“ mentioned therein in order to somehow define or describe what it really means. More. Strange but true, even updated books on Psychiatry neither carry the term “suicide” in order to analyze the phenomenon, to proffer…
Viewpoints
Pain and gain in Spain By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. PRIOR to our Gilas Pilipinas’ joust in this year’s FIBA World Cup in Spain, Filipino basketball pundits had mixed analysis how far our nationals can go against the Goliaths of the world. Some critics initially said we can’t win even…
Sports Eye
The irony of September celebrations By Hilda M. Austria SEPTEMBER–a month when the countdown to our long Christmas celebration begins; it is when we start to feel the Christmassy breeze. To the Department of Education (DepEd), it has been made the month of celebrating their noble profession, as educators….
News Sense
TEACHERS’ LOAN. The Pangasinan National High School (Lingayen) massacre of three teachers and a loan collector and the wounding of three other teachers by a policeman should send a strong message to teachers who avail of loans, left and right. It’s okay to borrow money but be sure you pay…
Random Thoughts
FIRST STRIKE RULE? LINGAYEN—The police chiefs of Lingayen and Binmaley have been ordered relieved by the regional police headquarters. P/Superintendent Reynante Panay, the Lingayen police chief was sacked from his post one week after a policeman shot dead three teachers and a loan collector and wounded three other teachers in…
Lingayen PNP chief sacked after PNHS shooting
DAGUPAN CITY—The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) warden here said there will be no special treatment for the policeman who shot three teachers and a loan collector and wounding three other teachers inside the Pangasinan National High School (PNHS) last Sept. 1. Lawyer Kenneth Bid-ing said Police Officer…
BJMP: No VIP treatment for Alipio
MARIAN EXHIBIT—-Students take time after school to view the Marian Exhibit at the Sanctuario de San Juan Evangelista (Old St. John Cathedral) in Dagupan City organized by LIngayen-Dagupan archdiocese to commemorate the birthday of the Virgin Mother Mary. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
MARIAN EXHIBIT
LINGAYEN— Second District (Pangasinan) Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil lambasted the growing number of policemen reported as perpetrators of heinous crimes, describing them as a “disgrace to the noble profession” even as he rallied the communities to continue trusting the men and women in uniform. Referring to the number of policemen who…