The irony of September celebrations By Hilda M. Austria   SEPTEMBER–a month when the countdown to our long Christmas celebration begins; it is when we start to feel the Christmassy breeze. To the Department of Education (DepEd), it has been made the month of celebrating their noble profession, as educators….

P-noy is for ‘Daang Mar-tuwid’ By Jun Velasco   “Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.”Plutarch   THE Punch’s triumph in the sala of Pasig Judge Rolando Mislang breathes new life to the time-honored principle of truthful reporting in our small democratic space….

‘Comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable’ By Gonzalo Duque   YOU might consider this as some kind of self congratulations! Why, you ask? Well, by the time you read this page, you must already be wearing a smile over the nicest news in town. Panalo ang Sunday Punch sa pang-haharass…

What’s happening to Pangasinan? By Bebot Villar   MANY friends have called, asking me, “What’s happening to Pangasinan?” Last week kasi, bumandera sa national media ang pamamaril ng isang pulis inside the Pangasinan National High School (PNHS) in Lingayen that resulted in the death of four, kasama ang tatlong teachers….

Impeachment drama ended as expected  THE CONCERNED CITIZENS ARE EXASPERATED. THE OUST MOVEMENT FORMALLY STARTED. The above-said successive realities constitute a truly disturbing and lamentable triad that is gradually pushing the main character therein to the corner – with or without him knowing it either for incompetence, hardheadedness or plain…

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge By Johanne Margarette R. Macob THE ALS Association defined, “Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord… With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the…

We condemn Orly Navarro’s shooting      By Jun Velasco   “The greatest incitement to wrongdoing is the hope of doing so with impunity,” Cicero   IT was our beloved nanay, the former Aurora Martinez’s  87th birthday Friday on August 29. We had a modest, fun-filled get together at Charlie…

History repeating itself in Jaycee politics? By Gonzalo Duque   FIRST, we express our sympathy to our friend Orly Navarro, manager of Radio DWIZ Dagupan, for what happened to him last Wednesday. He was shot from behind near his residence in Brgy. Pantal, Dagupan. It was almost 1 a.m., according…

Field trips are meant to be educational By Bebot Villar   UNTIL now, I still can’t believe that seven students of Bulacan State University (BSU) died after they were swept away by strong river currents during a field trip last week.  Sa isang iglap, ang isang masayang pamamasyal-cum-educational ay nauwi…

Impeachment  By Oscar V. Cruz   “In case the verified complaint or resolution of impeachment is filed by at least one-third of all the Members of the House, the same shall constitute the Articles of Impeachment, and trial by the Senate shall forthwith proceed.” (1987 Constitution of the Philippines, Section 2,…