The return of Tokhang OPLAN Tokhang, a component of the Double Barrel strategy of the Philippine National Police, was controversial as it was effective in creating the impact necessary to more than nip the illegal trade in the bud. It was controversial because a couple of trigger-happy cops thought shooting…

Adopt a veteran IN about 5 years, the number of the surviving World War II veterans will practically be decimated. Most will be in their 90s by then. And, watching the images of the surviving veterans during the observance and celebration of the 73rd Lingayen Gulf Landing and the 11th…

Family Year in Dagupan City THE World Meeting of Families or Family Day this year set by the Roman Catholic Church will be held in Dublin, Ireland on August 21-26. But even before the world’s cause for the family is observed, Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez already issued her…

PDU30’s advocacy: Firecracker ban AT the rate firecracker manufacturers were developing and selling their products guaranteeing louder explosions but without warning the public of serious and dire consequences to life and limb, this year would definitely see more casualties crowding emergency rooms of hospitals. But thanks to the wisdom of…

What Christmas is and isn’t ‘TIS the 61st Christmas for the Sunday Punch, and the 10th, 20th, 50th for most families and we hall have had different ways of celebrating it over the years. Over the years, we noted with sadness how the spiritual aspect of Christmas has been slowly…