Dagupan PNP turnover By Gonzalo Duque AS we go to press, a confidant called up to report, that there are still pushers and users in Barangays Bonuan Binloc and Nueva, to name only two. One so-called youth leader in Bonuan is reportedly very much in it. The caller said…
On Emergency Powers and Death Penalty By: Ulysses R. Butuyan PUNCHLINE: WHO IS NOT AFRAID OF THE POLICE? Their wives and mothers-in-law, definitely. GOV. “POGI” ESPINO CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Will there be free dark glasses for the cross-eyed and brain food for some politicians? PINOYS AMONG…
Serious drug problem in Pangasinan By Bebot Villar THE PNP Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) reported that 1,074 barangays or 78.74 of barangays in Pangasinan are classified as drug–affected! Ayon sa Regulation No. 2, Series of 2007 of the Dangerous Drugs Board, a drug – affected barangay is defined…
We are at war! By Gonzalo Duque WHAT’S President Digong chewing all the time? Our daughter Peebles asks, is he chewing a chicklet or betel nut? She guessed may be he is munching peanuts because he is wondering how to finish the tough job of ending the drug problem…
Of Supreme Court, Ombudsman and SONA By: Ulysses R. Butuyan SOLGEN, DE LIMA CLASH ON DRUGS. Some people think they can fool all the people all of the time. PANELO: EXPERT IN HIGH-PROFILE CASES. Duterte should be congratulated for having him. By the way, Buddy was one campus figure…
Goodbyes Are Not Forever By Johanne R. Macob IT has been about four years since I first wrote my article for this column as a regular member of the Sunday Punch Family. Though such opportunity already came as a surprise, it came as more surprising on my part that…
The right message By Gonzalo Duque WHILE the US is still locked with election politics, dominated by Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, the Philippines is fast turning in a new leaf in the art of governance. Our new President Digong has just received a 91percent acceptability ratings. No president of this country…
Of Duterte, drug lords, pork barrel By: Ulysses R. Butuyan CHINA TOLD: WORLD IS WATCHING YOU. China replies: We are just waltzing you around. DUTERTE STARTS PRESIDENCY WITH EXCELLENT TRUST RATING. Drug addicts and pushers trust him, too. They’re now surrendering, fearing for their lives, as the drug lords…
Surrender or else By Bebot Villar ACCORDING to PNP Chief Bato dela Rosa, more than 65,000 drug users and pushers have voluntarily surrendered since the anti–illegal drugs crackdown started. Kasama na dyan ang napabalitang 1,177 na sumuko sa Urdaneta City na nasaksihan mismo niPDEA Director General Isidro Lapeña at ilang city elective and police officials! Even a…
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