THE police have ascertained so far that the motives behind the killings of three barangay officials in Pangasinan this month were not due to politics. P/Major Arturo Melchor Jr, spokesman of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, said the police are set to file charges until next week against the suspects…
A 30-year-old area manager of a pawnshop was peppered with bullets by still unidentified gunmen in Barangay Coliling, San Carlos City, Wednesday afternoon, but survived. Initial investigation from the San Carlos City Police revealed victim Celestino Layacan, a resident of San Pedro-Taloy, San Carlos City, was riding his scooter, when…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!l JULY 25 – (Dagupan City) May-Anne de Vera; (Calasiao) Roselle Gale JULY 26 – (Dagupan City) Richelle A. Novales JULY 27 – (Guam, U.S.A.) Julie Parinas Happy 18th Birthday! JULIA JAVILLONAR (July 23 – Manaoag) Happy Birthday! MARIFE SANTOS (July 23 – Manaoag) Happy Birthday! MERLY F. AGDAQUIT…
Photos and short story by Art G. Valenzuela Perhaps, Isabela is one of the very few provinces in the Philippines which have been endowed with natural beauty and resources by Mother Nature. It used to be a vast rainforest in early times where many indigenous people lived. Many of the…
CAN a mere resolution of an ad hoc task force, specifically, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, take precedence over, or override a regional trial court’s issued injunction? While no one questions the IATF’s authority to impose restrictions that promote health and safety protocols to…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHAT a revelation that was by LTFRB when it unwittingly admitted that its policy compelling provincial buses operating in the central and northern Luzon to use the North Luzon Express Terminal exclusively (and not the bus companies own terminals), during the Question Hour of the…
By Al S. Mendoza SIX days from today on July 23, the pandemic-postponed Olympics will blast off in Tokyo. We have 19 entries in the Summer Games originally set in 2020 until COVID-19 interrupted its staging. They will join some 11,000 athletes from more than 205 countries seeking fame…
By Leonardo Micua THE cat is finally out of the bag. The bus operators finally spilled the beans why no provincial bus is still operating the Pangasinan-Metro Manila route. At the July 12 Question Hour of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, it was revealed that it is the IATF resolution 101- 2021 that’s…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I DO not exactly know when I was invited to write for Sunday Punch. The first person however who brought up the idea was Gonzalo Duque, who was then writing for the newspaper. “It would be good for your advocacy. I know the publisher very…
By Atty. Farah G. Decano WOULD you be willing to sacrifice one life to save five lives? That, in a nutshell, is the crux of the famed trolley problem. In last week’s issue, the controversy was limited to the out-of-control train that was about to run over five strangers…
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