Erap’s era finally ending? By Gerry Garcia FOLLOWING is a tale of sexual harassment from one Grace Ibañez, alleged member of the PPRCI (presumably Pangasinan Press and Radio Club). We do not know Grace personally. We picked her story from a press copy lying on our desk last week. Grace…
Tragedy grips Lagao family By Jun Velasco “PEOPLE don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” — John Maxwell CONGRATULATIONS to a childhood friend and kin, newly appointed DENR Usec Eleazar Quinto from Barangay Lucao, Dagupan City. Ely is the scholarly son of the…
Filipinos in the US want the SK abolished too By Gonzalo Duque SAN FRANCISCO, California — Thru the internet, we are getting Philippine and Pangasinan news daily here. We must thank Ermin for introducing this technology, yes, for his global outlook. Because of the Sunday Punch, Dagupenos in the US…
PMA graduate succeeds in farming By Sosimo Ma. Pablico It seems difficult to believe but it’s true that a senior superintendent in the Philippine National Police (equivalent to colonel in the Army, is also a successful rice farmer and now assured of a comfortable retirement life 11 years hence when…
Verdict of history By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is strange but true that history is always a work in progress. It accompanies people, families and individuals who actually live and eventually die in the course of time. It chronicles in a very special way those persons who are…
On the job By Marifi Jara It was refreshing to attend, together with my PUNCH colleague Cesar Ramirez, the Luzon leg of the four-day Training Course on Investigative Journalism conducted by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism in Baguio last week. Just as substantial as the learning of new techniques…
Milking cow By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. This particular government has apparently long since considered the people as its always ready and always obliged milking cow not only in funding its vacuous projects but also pushing its corrupt visions. Never mind if the general public is already down to…
SKs, only School Kids yet By Gerry Garcia A FRATERNITY, by common understanding, is any body or order of men organized or associated by some tie or common interests. In schools, it may be a literary or musical association of students devoted to declamation and oratorical contests or the holding…
NBN too hot & too heavy to handle! By Jun Velasco THE Holy Book’s axiom on the oneness of the son and the father has caused Speaker Joe de Venecia’s bashers sleepless nights. JdV’s superstar son Joey has dramatically soared to global prominence because of the controversial broadband deal. How…
Political surveys unreliable By Gonzalo Duque MOST Filipinos, including Dagupeños, in San Francisco are not in the pink of financial health. Many have acquired some kind of phobia against financing institutions due to sky-high loan interest. Many we have talked to say “there’s really nothing like home in the Philippines”…
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