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Your SUNDAY PUNCH, moving from 69th to 70th year

By | Editorial, Punch Gallery

ON July 5, 1956, PUNCH founder-editor Ermin Erfe Garcia, decided to publish a pocket-sized weekly community newspaper with contributions from some close friends. He believed that newspaper readers would find it more convenient to be updated with local news that could be folded to fit a man’s back pocket. (Nobody…

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Your SUNDAY PUNCH, moving from 69th to 70th year

A new dawn… but dark days ahead

By | Editorial, Punch Gallery

EVERY time the country finishes a regular or midterm elections, all local government candidates who won look forward to the day when they can speak with confidence about the new dawn that awaits all. There would generally be expectations about another three years pregnant with possibilities, innovations, and ambitions under…

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A new dawn… but dark days ahead

Is Pangasinan PNP up for the Chief PNP challenge?

By | Editorial, Punch Gallery

THE recent appointment of then PMaj Gen. Nicolas Torre as Chief PNP was met initially with mixed reactions from politicians, depending on their affiliations: with Marcos Jr. or the Dutertes. But it was the early endorsement of newly-elected Sen. Panfilo Lacson, a former Chief PNP and a no-nonsense police official…

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Is Pangasinan PNP up for the Chief PNP challenge?