The campaign promise to be transparent By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE PDU30 – Freedom of Information (FOI) was issued recently as an executive order covering activities only of the executive branch of government, meaning only national agencies under the supervision of the Office of the President are covered. Its…
We are at war! By Gonzalo Duque WHAT’S President Digong chewing all the time? Our daughter Peebles asks, is he chewing a chicklet or betel nut? She guessed may be he is munching peanuts because he is wondering how to finish the tough job of ending the drug problem…
Pacquiao fighting again is cast in stone By Al S. Mendoza THE comeback fight is on November 6 (PHL Time). It’s all been set. Manny Pacquiao is fighting again. That’s according to Bob Arum. Not even Senate President Koko Pimentel can stop Sen. Pacquiao from un-retiring. Notice that when…
Of Supreme Court, Ombudsman and SONA By: Ulysses R. Butuyan SOLGEN, DE LIMA CLASH ON DRUGS. Some people think they can fool all the people all of the time. PANELO: EXPERT IN HIGH-PROFILE CASES. Duterte should be congratulated for having him. By the way, Buddy was one campus figure…
Presents By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THERE are presents and presents. Don’t get me wrong, I love all the gifts, including the books, the flowers, the cakes, the coffee beans, the sketches of my face, the dinners, the lunches, before, during and after. I appreciated all of them, especially the…
Cycling buff Engr. Boy Dion By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LIKE the first edition of the Ricky Diocares Criterium Race, I have no choice but to cover the second segment of the bikefest conducted at Judge Jose de Venecia, Sr. Boulevard early morning of July 24 that was participated in…
Goodbyes Are Not Forever By Johanne R. Macob IT has been about four years since I first wrote my article for this column as a regular member of the Sunday Punch Family. Though such opportunity already came as a surprise, it came as more surprising on my part that…
THE LION STILL DOESN’T SLEEP. The political pot in Pangasinan is still brewing. It has, in fact, extended to the elections for the new set of officers for the Philippine Councilors’ League (Pangasinan chapter) this August. One candidate, with her family, has been going around, courting voters (councilors), plus their…
Ex-policeman Vincent Moulic lies in his pool of blood after he was shot dead in his house by Dagupan Police operatives, his former comrades, during the encounter that followed a buy-bust operation. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
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