Pangasinan’s shabu supply HE interception of a floating shabu laboratory off Subic Bay last July 11 was largely deemed insignificant by the national police and media because the police raiders found the vessel empty. Not even a gram of shabu was found. That interception, however, actually provided the answer and…

Political will IF there is anything that our city and town mayors are learning from President Duterte, but if they still haven’t, it is what sheer political will can do to effect real and meaningful changes in our communities. Motherhood statements no longer serve and mean anything to our people who felt they’ve been shortchanged, hoodwinked and…

The PUNCH, new senior citizen  LIKE the citizens who have reached age 60, your Sunday PUNCH feels very much the same way now that it has breached another milestone – 60 years of uninterrupted service to Pangasinan and its people anchored on public trust. Like them, we feel privileged to…

Finally, a better deal for farmers THE recent stern warning to officials of the National Irrigation Authority by incoming Department of Agriculture Sec. Emmanuel Piñol is like a breath of fresh air to our farmers. For too long, farmers have been made a helpless pawn in the battle for bigger…

The floods are coming DON’T let the sunny days deceive you. The worst is yet to come. The La Niña phenomenon has not even started in spite of sporadic thunderstorms over the past weeks. The seeming good fortune so far, however, should not lull our local government units into complacency,…