SONA Vogue By Johanne Margarette R. Macob POLITICS and fashion can and do mix. As expected, there have been many and varied reactions to President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday, July 28. Some were satisfied, while many wanted to hear more particularly…

Mango is good for diabetes—US medical journal By Gonzalo Duque   GEORGIA, USA—Manlaldis so balita ditan! Sorry, folks, we missed the deadline last week. No, actually, we misread the Decorp. We thought it could not restore power that soon. Yon pala, it was back at 11 am. It was evening…

It’s a smaller world for drug traffickers By Bebot Villar   WHEN a campaign against the illegal drugs is indeed serious, we get good results.  That’s why the Police Regional Office 1 is very proud about its accomplishments for the past half year. It confiscated almost half a billion worth…

Punchin’ beyond 58! By Johanne R. Macob OUR Sunday Punch has been around since 1956. Though I knew about The PUNCH when I was still in high school (thanks to my active involvement in our school paper), it wasn’t until my senior year in college when I fully understood what it stands…

Go for it, Mayor Belen!  By Jun Velasco   “Teaching children to count is not s important as teaching them what counts” E.C. –McKenzie   WE had a tough time doing this column. Last Friday, the Punch’s deadline, the city was a sad victim of a 5-hour brownout which somehow…

The danger of legalizing and regulating the use of marijuana By Bebot Villar   MISSION accomplished! That’s the report of the police station in Sual to the community. Taas-noo sila matapos mahulog sa kanilang bitag ang isang drug personality in their town. In a buy-bust operation conducted last week, the…

A drug rehab of hope By Jun Velasco   “He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.” Menander of Athens   OFTEN, if not daily, we are confronted with the pervasive illicit drugs problem that includes bizarre, inhuman, and unthinkable killings including…

Danger of ‘Daang Matuwid’ cited By Gonzalo Duque   LAS VEGAS, Nevada—We arrived here filled with anxiety on what’s happening in our country. The PDAF and DAP national scandals have brought great shame to our country, even if our beleaguered President P-noy Aquino is crazy over his ambitious program Daang…

Pope Francis –“No to any kind of drug use.”  By Bebot Villar   THE last statement of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines qualifying its support for “the availability of even narcotic substances in the face of excruciating pain and terminally ill patients and others in similar condition are…

Sterilized preaching  By Oscar V. Cruz IF one would attentively listen to and dutifully analyze the loud and repeated teachings of a good number of the so-called “Ministers of the Gospel” – irrespective of the Christian church, religion or sect they belong to – a good number of them engage…