PUNCHITERIA October 25, 2020
Editorial Cartoon October 25, 2020
Make barangay kapitan accountable INFECTION of COVID-19 by local transmission in many towns and cities is already very evident making it imperative for local governments to impose localized lockdowns, by zone or sitio. The situation obtaining in Lingayen town is certainly not isolated and unique to the capital town alone….
Editorial October 25, 2020
My Facebook challenge By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN case, you haven’t noticed, there is one common reaction to uniformed personnel at border and quarantine checkpoints in Pangasinan – Masyadong relaxed and tamad! Why is that so? You can’t blame them if the sight of government personnel at checkpoints does…
Punchline
Fragile is the PBA bubble amid the pandemic By Al S. Mendoza THE referees recently grabbed the spotlight in the PBA restart—in a rather negative way. First, a referee has been sent home not by COVID-19 but by Commissioner Willie Marcial himself. Second, another referee got himself sidelined when…
General Admission
The Block By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo BONG and I are friends. We communicate occasionally and update each other and the progress of what we currently do. Several times he would talk about writing a book about his thoughts on art and culture, and its potential to change society. His…
G Spot
The charm of flowers By Atty. Farah G. Decano DECADES ago, when hospital rooms in the Philippines were in glorious white color and their bedsheets, pillows, and cabinets were also in the same snowy hue, I had this singular experience of taking a health vacation in one of them….
Andromeda’s Vortex
Are we really on the path to new normal? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. HISTORY says the deadliest worldwide pandemic (so far) occurred in 1918 to 1920. The virulent disease instigated in Europe’s Iberian Peninsula and quickly scattered around the globe with some 50 million inhabitants of our planet…
Sports Eye
The Ultimate Gift Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.developgoodhabits.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. THERE was once a little girl who desperately needed an emergency blood transfusion to save her life. Her only chance…
