Bato for president gains support By Gonzalo Duque OUR beloved province is in the limelight! But for the wrong reason! For a while, we were at a loss if we should write this column. You know the reason why. We are still shocked by the news headlines in Manila….
Duterte, drug killings and police By: Ulysses R. Butuyan DE LIMA ADMITS ‘SNIPPETS OF TRUTH.’ It’s not “sniffets of truth.” PALACE TO UN: DUTERTE NOT COMMITTING INTERNATIONAL CRIME. Summary executions, arbitrary arrests and illegal searches and seizures are not considered human rights violations. When will the world learn to…
Proud of Sto. Tomas By Bebot Villar I AM mighty proud of the achievement of my hometown Sto. Tomas, especially after Senior Superintendent Ronald Lee told the Sangguniang Panlalawigan last week that all ten (10) barangays of the town are “drug – free”! In fact, he said out of…
Agenda for Dagupan’s new police chief By Gonzalo Duque FIFTY days of President Digong in Malacanang could be likened to an entire term of a Philippine president’s 6-year accomplishment in the fight against crime. No, we are not exaggerating, not at all. Directly and indirectly, our new president has…
Drugs, Kapitans, Duterte By: Ulysses R. Butuyan PANGASINAN’S 1,074 KAPITANS ARE DRUG SUSPECTS. Have the local newspapers enough space for their obituaries? BJMP URDANETA PERSONNEL 100% NEGATIVE OF DRUG USE. Maybe no one there is selling drug anymore. WAR ON DRUGS: UPSCALE BARS, NIGHTCLUBS NEXT. Drug lords are last…
Brgy Binloc drug trade still active By Bebot Villar IT looks like there is still no serious effort to stop the illegal drug trade in Brgy Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City, in spite of all the things I have written in this corner! According to our sources, drug users…
Guv Pogi, carry on erpat’s golden record! By Gonzalo Duque MAYBE it can be told now. With the high-flying and superb performance of President Duterte, and a jubilant electorate, the character of our electoral system, we believe, must have been very much upgraded. Congrats, 16…
Cops, drugs and drug lords By: Ulysses R. Butuyan PANGASINAN COPS DRUG TESTED, ONE POSITIVE. How come he has not yet been killed in a “shootout” while many among mere suspects have already been murdered? STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC ORDINANCES ORDERED. Is there an ordinance banning the obese from…
Wrong equation By Bebot Villar IT seems we have politicians who discuss the drug problem but have no idea what is all about! Take Senator Ralph Recto for example. He recently said that it would take 200 years for us to rehabilitate the estimated 1.3 million drug users in the country!…
Knocking with both fists By Angel C. Gumarang ALLOW me (at the outset) to thank Sunday Punch Publisher-Editor Ermin Garcia Jr. for considering me to run a sports column in this prestigious newspaper. Boss Ermin’s invitation came my way with the advice that Sports Eye of my esteemed mentor,…
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