By Leonardo Micua ALTHOUGH COVID-19 cases in the country, including Pangasinan, have dropped significantly based on figures from the Department of Health, there should be no room for complacency among us knowing that the disease can still resurge like what’s happening in Europe and other parts of the world….
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE role of stories in the evolution of human societies had been a subject of voluminous study. Among the writers who had expounded on this subject is historian Yuval Noah Harari whose work focuses on how civilizations are shaped by their stories and “how these…
By Atty. Farah Decano “MAS radikal ang magmahal.” Netizens shared this statement of Presidential contender, Leni Robredo, several times through their social media accounts. While it is not yet her official slogan for the campaign, such unusual assertion captured the imagination of the Filipinos – for how, indeed, can…
BY Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ANOTHER depressing national sports issue surfaced again last week. It’s about our national pole vault standout and Asian record holder EJ Obiena. Obiena who is being accused by the Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) where he’s affiliated with. PATAFA initially alleged 2020 Tokyo…
By Rex Catubig FOR some time in the past, I didn’t know I was on a most wanted list. “Artlets Most Wanted” was the title of a group email that announced I had been found. Artlets is the acronym of our college in UST–the College of Arts and Letters,…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPAN City Mayor Brian Lim may perhaps believe that he has already effectively blunted efforts to make him, his Market Supervisor Aguedo Sta. Maria and his staff, and department heads accountable for the illegal activities at the city’s public markets by continuing to bar any…
By Al S. Mendoza YOU think it’s over? I mean, do you believe the curtains have been rung down? Insertions intentionally in place? Substitutions suitably done spic and span? Withdrawals without leaving anyone unsatisfied observed to the hilt? That the show has ended—finally? Not really. It only just begun….
By Leonardo Micua THERE’S a big trouble brewing in the administration party, PDP Laban, with the sudden withdrawal of presidential aspirant Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa and his instant substitution by Senator Bong Go, who is running for president under another new political party, and the last-minute decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to run for…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THROUGHOUT my life, I have lived a practice of keeping myself healthy through natural, indigenous ways. It is a tradition I adopted from my grandfather who is an herbalist and lived a longer life than most, with his knowledge of plants and indigenous healing methods….
By Atty. Farah G. Decano I shared Atty. Wilfrido Garrido’s prediction that former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s pick for the presidency was Mayor Sara Duterte. We were probably right but PGMA bungled her strategies and failed to play Sara’s cards right. It was indeed a surprise for most, this writer…
© 2026 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
