By Gonzalo Duque   CONGRATULATIONS to The Sunday Punch for adding another milestone in its history as a fighting community newspaper—its 68th anniversary. The Sunday Punch is now the longest surviving community newspaper in the country today. The Baguio Midland Courier, the oldest community newspaper in Baguio and the Cordilleras…

By Gonzalo Duque    IN the United States today, activists are tearing down statues of different historical heroes from as far back as the American Revolution against British autocratic rule, the Civil War and down to World War II. They consider these memorials as irrelevant today and began tearing them…

By Gonzalo Duque    I don’t know if a reconciliation is still possible between the group of Mayor Belen and the seven magnificent  councilors. I have it on reliable source that the seven would like to have a share in  the pie of whatever funds the city may have for their own…

By Gonzalo Duque   I had a brief conversation with Orly Navarro, manager of radio station DWIZ and a close friend of Brian Lim and family about politics in Dagupan. I asked him why he interviewed Mayor Belen Fernandez three times in his radio program “ Orly You” and what…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE resignation Sara Duterte as Secretary of Education has been long in coming. Everybody has long been expecting her resignation. Many are aware that the Vice President has been treated as an outsider in the Marcos administration. It must be lonely to be an outsider but…

By Gonzalo Duque   WE just celebrated our 126th Independence Day last June 12. Every year since we were under Martial Law, our government leaders were always barking the same line that before we became independent “we need to work for it and if necessary, die for it.” Such a…

By Gonzalo Duque   OUR class of 1976, known as the 100 Percenters of BAR ‘76, had a meeting last week. We pride ourselves as the last batch from San Beda College that achieved that 100 percent mark that year. No batch had broken that record yet. Among those who passed the…

By Gonzalo Duque    A lot of things have been happening in the national scene lately. The reorganization of the Senate is one instance that happened preparatory to the 2025 local, congressional and senatorial elections. There will be a lot of realignments to be seen soon. Of course, many of the possible aspirants will be…

By Gonzalo Duque    I CITED Barangay Captain Sidney Lomboy of Tapuac as a different breed of barangay captain in my last week’s column. I was proud of him. However, I inadvertently omitted to cite others who also received commendations for their outstanding performances as barangay captains, particularly, one special barangay…

By Gonzalo Duque   MARK my word. Our Barangay Kapitan of Tapuac, Sidney Lomboy will go places. And his secretary, Ike Palinar, can only agree with me so I am urging all his kagawads to unite and support Sidney’s programs because I believe all these will redound to the benefit…