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Infighting for control from outside

By | Editorial, Punch Gallery

FOR decades till now, local political contests have been defined by the incumbents vs. former officials, incumbents vs. new wannabes but have always been with one common denominator: they were all residents from the same town or city. Incumbents vs. former officials contests are what we are seeing in Dagupan…

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Infighting for control from outside

Where is God in our politics?

By | Editorial, Punch Gallery

AS the country approaches mid-term elections, both our politicians and their constituents find themselves completely engrossed in talking about what can be expected – largely about how much one can receive from the campaign dole-outs until election day, not about changes in their lives after the elections. Indeed, how could…

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Where is God in our politics?

A call to action for NAMFREL in Pangasinan

By | Editorial, Punch Gallery

LAST week, former DICT Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr., an advocate for transparency in computerized vote-counting, posted four (4) measures that he said Comelec should adopt to ensure transparent, clean and honest May 12, 2025 election. While it is unlikely that Comelec will do so as he recommended, there is nothing…

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A call to action for NAMFREL in Pangasinan

“Crime against humanity” now a crime vs criminality

By | Editorial, Punch Gallery

THE arrest of Past President Rodrigo Duterte by International Criminal Court via Interpol was not exactly a surprise after the apparent flip-flopping by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. no less. While our fellowmen are discussing and digesting both the future scenarios for FPRRD while under detention in The Hague, and the…

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“Crime against humanity” now a crime vs criminality