By Al S. Mendoza (My deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Raffy Baraan, one of the most sincere sons of Pangasinan. Upon my suggestion, Raffy fathered the Pangasinan Literary Awards. Rest in peace, my friend. You will be missed.) * * * * I’M writing this…
By Leonardo Micua WE may be focusing too much attention on our borders in a bid to stop the entry of a person who may knowingly or unknowingly be carrying the dreaded Delta variant. But this 60 percent more transmittable strain of the coronavirus may yet ultimately reach us through…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo LIFE for women, both single and married, carry both joy and suffering. But sometimes, the suffering overwhelms and we feel the world to be unkind: “You should be totally happy you are single. Having a husband and children isn’t really the best deal there is…
By Atty. Farah G. Decano ESTHER Perel, a leading psychotherapist, theorizes that the stories we tell ourselves can either make or break us. They are our own interpretations of events in our lives. They help us understand and make sense of our present and past realities. In the process…
Kate Chopin Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in www.americanliterature.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. THE Blind Men and the Elephant is a parable from India that has been adapted by many religions and published in various stories for…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHAT a revelation that was by LTFRB when it unwittingly admitted that its policy compelling provincial buses operating in the central and northern Luzon to use the North Luzon Express Terminal exclusively (and not the bus companies own terminals), during the Question Hour of the…
By Al S. Mendoza SIX days from today on July 23, the pandemic-postponed Olympics will blast off in Tokyo. We have 19 entries in the Summer Games originally set in 2020 until COVID-19 interrupted its staging. They will join some 11,000 athletes from more than 205 countries seeking fame…
By Leonardo Micua THE cat is finally out of the bag. The bus operators finally spilled the beans why no provincial bus is still operating the Pangasinan-Metro Manila route. At the July 12 Question Hour of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, it was revealed that it is the IATF resolution 101- 2021 that’s…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I DO not exactly know when I was invited to write for Sunday Punch. The first person however who brought up the idea was Gonzalo Duque, who was then writing for the newspaper. “It would be good for your advocacy. I know the publisher very…
By Atty. Farah G. Decano WOULD you be willing to sacrifice one life to save five lives? That, in a nutshell, is the crux of the famed trolley problem. In last week’s issue, the controversy was limited to the out-of-control train that was about to run over five strangers…
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