We are now 61 years old! WHO would have thought your SUNDAY PUNCH could make it to 61 full years of continuous publication and service to the people of Pangasinan, not after our founding editor-publisher, the late Ermin E. Garcia, Sr., was murdered in our editorial office in just 10…
Editorial
Expose drug-using barangay brass By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE protest rally staged in Balungao by town hall employees and a number of barangay residents last week was most unusual. It was aimed at the police station and the rally was led by Mayor Philipp Peralta himself, no less, to…
Punchline
Forward, Ph, Dagupan! By Gonzalo Duque AT the rate we are going—Martial Law in Mindanao and might extend throughout the nation, drug war, policemen in cahoots with criminals, corrupt politics, et at—chances are there’s no way out for our country to go but down and out. Include the earthquake…
Playing with Fire
Honestly now, did Pacquiao actually lose? By Al S. Mendoza OK, Manny Pacquiao lost. We have to face the fact like men of honor. But bitter as it is, there is an unseen beauty in it. And it is this: Not only Filipinos were angered by the decision but…
General Admission
Unpopular decision. Rematch? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WHEN the verdict was announced declaring Jeff Horn as the new champion, winning over our boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, of the World Boxing Organization’ (WBO) welterweight title, netizens all over the world, including world celebrities, were quick to cry “foul, that…
Sports Eye
Alaminos: More Than Just the Hundred Islands by @SiRVis A travel journal that will give you a pleasant view of people, places, food, culture, history and events from a refreshing perspective ALAMINOS has always been synonymous to Hundred Islands. The Hundred Islands National Park (Kapulo-puloan or Taytay-Bakes in the…
The North Vista
WRONG ARGUMENT, COUNCILOR! We can’t understand why one or two of the oppositors to the transfer of Dagupan City Hall to another site kept on talking about a supposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) based on alleged study by UP Planades, which they claimed to have been approved in 2003…
Random Thoughts
‘DOUBLE BARREL’ WILL CONTINUE TRABAHO lang, walang personalan. This in gist was the reaction of the chief of Balungao Police Station who was unfazed by the rally staged by town and barangay officials led by the mayor himself, protesting the police’s implementation of Oplan Double Barrel and the campaign against…
