Confused POSO and the public By Hilda M. Austria   The PUNCH’s previous week’s banner story reported the full blast implementation of the ordinance no. 2013-2014 otherwise known as the “Ordinance Instituting Certain Security Measures for the Protection of the Lives and Property of Dagupeños” which includes the controversial “Helmet…

Bipolar II Disorder  By Oscar V. Cruz   IN layman’s language, it can be said in general that a “Bipolar Disorder” per se has reference to a transit from one extreme adverse behavioral pattern to another opposite likewise markedly erratic actuation mode, viz., from one adverse behavioral pole to another one in…

“Daang Matuwid” has its roots in Ninoy, Cory Aquino  By Jun Velasco   “The Filipino is worth dying for,” Ninoy Aquino   NOT very many know that P-noy’s Daang Matuwid creed has its roots in his parents, former President Cory Aquino and iconic father, former Senator Ninoy Aquino. Although Ninoy,…

Dagupan set to mark its 400th year By Gonzalo Duque   AS soon as we were back in the country, we’re again disheartened by negative news everywhere, yes, we found out, as reflective of actual goings-on in our country. Iba talaga ang Pinas sa Land of the Green Apple. But…

Lady’s sandals is worth P2-million By Bebot Villar   THE country found the most expensive pair of a lady’s sandals, it’s easily worth P2 million! Paano ba naman, may lamang shabu na nagkakahalagang ang mga suwelas nito! Leave it to the druglords to come up with creative ways to get…

Trees By Johanne Margarette R. Macob MUCH of the news in the past days were abut heinous crimes in different parts of the country, people mercilessly killing another.  Very disconsolate. It pains me to write another sad piece so I would like to share something I found consoling. Last Monday,…

True love is not a feeling; it’s a verb By Jun Velasco   “Be the change you want to see in the world. Gandhi   IF current media reports on the 2016 gubernatorial race were our gauge of its possible winner there should be no debate the Amerikano-looking former Congressman…

‘You don’t know your child’ By Gonzalo Duque   GEORGIA, U.S.A—Many of our friends including family members think we are nuts or something for a strange habit. We have this habit — strange to some, not us — of bringing with us a personal plastic dipper or in our native…

Restore the death penalty for drug dealers By Bebot Villar   THE Chinese national caught in Quezon City in possession of 10-kilos of shabu was clearly mocking our laws and officials. Imagine, ngingiti-ngiti pa siya at parang nakakalokong lumabas sa kanyang minamanehong kotse at bigla na lamang itinabi ang kanyang…

Autism Disorder By Oscar V. Cruz   THE Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, American Psychiatric Association (DMS-IV 1995, pp. 66-71) – a much respected and used Manual on Psychiatry – says the following about Autistic Disorder, among many other substantive elements and consequent implications of the said Personality Disorder: “Presence of…