PUNCHITERIA
Editorial Cartoon
Finally, a better deal for farmers THE recent stern warning to officials of the National Irrigation Authority by incoming Department of Agriculture Sec. Emmanuel Piñol is like a breath of fresh air to our farmers. For too long, farmers have been made a helpless pawn in the battle for bigger…
Editorial
Molina keeps mayor guessing By Ermin Garcia Jr. THANK God, Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez left New York before some naughty elements caught up with her to buttonhole her on her pronouncements about the illegal fish pens in the city. No doubt, anyone who heard her would have been easily…
Punchline
FVR inspires By Gonzalo Duque MANY Pangasinenses are admirers of former President Ramos, 88. Why? Because, to borrow his own words, he is “still completing myself.” He said so at the inauguration of FVR’s Library at the UPANG-PHINMA last Friday. Mabuhay kayo, Sir FVR! * * * * …
Playing With Fire
For Duterte on June 30, just ‘maruya & buko’ By Al S. Mendoza WHEN you come down to it, it would still smell sweet. I refer to the oath-taking of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President-elect Leni Robredo. As everybody knows by now, the occasions are to be held…
General Admission
Of Duterte and PNoy By Ulysses R. Butuyan Duterte must aim for legacy, not sound bites. Tell him not to kill all criminals, or who on earth will remain to enjoy his legacy? And he himself might no longer be around anymore, either. Noy: Let’s guard our democracy. Oh,…
Punching Bug
Deretsahan
The reality of dreams By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I believe in the presence of energies among us, communicating beyond physical existence. In a dream for example, at a point when one is in between the real and the imagined, we experience the touch, have conversation and feel the physicality…