DANCING TO THE PANDAN — High School students from the Mapandan National High School execute their choreographed number for the street dancing competition during the Pandan Festival, a main feature of their town’s annual fiesta. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao)
Graduation speakers and graduates “TIS the month of graduation ceremonies in public and private schools and colleges. And as one might expect, school authorities are scampering to invite popular or key personages in government, business or academe sector. We do hope more schools and colleges will begin to invite more…
The politics of bishops and Holy Bible By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE PUNCH was in receipt of a media advisory informing us that Vice President Leni Robredo will be the graduation speaker of graduating seminarians of Mary Help of Christians on March 25 (last Saturday), and of all places,…
Rep. Toff becomes his own man By Gonzalo Duque WE have it on unimpeachable authority that youthful Congressman Christopher “Toff” P. De Venecia and Bishop Soc Villegas have crossed path on a recent issue – the death penalty bill. By now, you, dear readers, must already have been informed…
Fernandez versus Cojuangco By Al S. Mendoza AS I write this, Ramon Fernandez was poised to sue Jose “Peping” Cojuangco for libel. Fernandez, 63, one of four commissioners in the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), resented Cojuangco’s public accusation calling him “a game fixer.” Cojuangco, 82, hurled the charge in…
China. Duterte. Impeachment. By Ulysses R. Butuyan DUTERTE: I CAN’T STOP CHINA IN PANATAG. Why not just wage “tokhang” against the Chinese invaders? Being caught in “flagrante delicto,” they are more deserving of summary execution than mere drug suspects who are murdered without due process of law. If he…
Timelines By Virginia J. Pasalo I am grateful to Facebook (FB) for giving me a platform to save my literary work, which could have been lost forever. In the year 2014, I uploaded a short story, “Four Women and a Funeral (a not-so-true story)” published in “The Clique Women’s…
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