“For a Christian country like Philippines, a topic about Jesus Christ is very sensitive. But, from the previous statement of the President of the country, Rodrigo Duterte, calling that God is stupid, rings all the bells of some religious personalities and many Christian people. I don’t actually call myself a very religious person, but I know who I believe and […]
Punch Forum
An eye opener
Leonardo J. Galvez 1 Mar 2018 Pangasinan is no longer the power house in sports. The Ilocos Region premier province is relegated to the background as a mere “spectator” in the recently concluded Region I Athletic Association Meet held in Alaminos City. The province’s abundance of resources, notwithstanding, Dagupan City Schools Division won the […]
Lyrical piece
Lino Aldana 28 Feb 2018 Re: G Spot’s “Dangwa” I had to share this essay so lucid and vivid with local color. Thanks for sharing this very lyrical piece. And the poetry — wow!
Both beautiful
A joke
Eduardo Aquino Pontaoe 28 Feb 2018 Re: Suspension order vs. Buted, Gutierrez still not implemented What a joke! Requiring 2/3 of the members of the Board of Regents to have a quorum, to suspend these two … clowns … BUTTed and GUTTERez, is an exercise in mind-boggling stupidity. Forced absences from half of the […]
New tradition?
Eduardo Aquino Pontaoe 26 Feb 2018 Re Lagmay-Riparip wedding, Feb. 20 Holy Caramba! __ What’s in a wedding a happening! I counted there are … sixteen (16) pairs of sponsors that brought a festive gathering incomparable to “til death do us part” done twenty (25) five years ago. Are weddings in Pinoyland highly commercialized […]
The President knows best
Robert Marquez 23 Feb 2018 Dear Editor, I couldn’t agree more on PRRD’s statement that the West Philippine Sea and Philippine Rise is ours and the continental shelf below is Philippine’s jurisdiction. And I admire him for that because I believe he knows what he is doing and that is to protect, defend and […]
Avoidable mistake
Eduardo Aquino Pontaoe 19 Feb 2018 Re: Playing with Fire Well, it’s new to know that, when MacArthur’s … Army and Naval … forces landed at the stretches of Lingayen Gulf, and Dagupan was designated as … Blue Beach … in the operation, there’s no written record wherein soldiers of the 6th US Army […]
Re: Processing of NSO documents thru SM Rosales
Just Police Harrassment
Jesse Delfin 17 Feb 2018 “Tokhang merely establishes the identities of known drug pushers and users via civil police visit in their homes.” So, if the police know that these are drug pushers and users, why not arrest them??? Otherwise, this is just police harassment of citizens, which apparently an accepted practice by Filipinos. […]