Persida’s argumentum series By Gonzalo Duque SAN FRANCISCO, CA – I’m still in San Francisco enjoying the hospitality of our beloved kababayans here and enjoying a bit of popularity after being pursued by the press who wanted some answers straight from the horse’s mouth on some burning issues in the…
Why Cayetano clinched the Speakership first By: Al S. Mendoza FROM the very start, Alan Peter Cayetano would be first. He will be the Speaker of the House in the 18th Congress’s first 15 months that begins on July 22. That coincides with the State of the Nation Address at…
Will Pacman win? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. A WEEK from now and the much-awaited World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight unification title showdown between our boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and American Keith Thurman will definitely push through on July 21 (PH time) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Surprisingly, odds makers…
By: Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in a page on www.moralstories.org. I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. Grandpa’s TableAuthor Unknown A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in- law, and four-year-old grandson. The old man’s hands trembled, his eyesight…
Transport modernization is here By Leonardo Micua “WOW”, one or two netizens posted on social media, in reacting to an earlier Facebook post made by fellow media man Ike Pallinar who took photos, through his cell phone, of a fleet of brand new and air-condition taxis that will soon take…
Firmly committed at 63 and beyond! By Ermin Garcia Jr. THIS month, your SUNDAY PUNCH marks its 63rd year of publishing, without any interruption since 1956. The PUNCH continued publishing even when terror struck us and founder-editor Ermin E. Garcia, was shot and murdered in our office in 1966, during…
Clearing the air in USA By Gonzalo Duque SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA–I am here in this beautiful city of San Francisco in California on a visit that was arranged and coordinated by our kababayan, former Milpitas City Mayor Jose Esteves. Manong Joe, whose roots are from Dagupan and very much a…
Just reminiscing By Al S. Mendoza UNDER dictator Marcos, there was no freedom of speech. Thus, from 1972 to 1986, every Filipino was forbidden to speak his mind freely. There was no law to that effect but during those cruel years of Martial Law, you seal your lips or you…
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