Jun V’s wisdom smothered me By Al S. Mendoza WAS it in 2005 when Jun Velasco finally succeeded in luring me to write a column for this exceedingly distinguished newspaper of 63 years? It was a long “courtship” due to complications, both imagined and real. For one, a column here…
The ordinary Jun By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo SO many people have described Jun Velasco in so many ways. Dante, his younger brother, described him as “… a tender-hearted brother and friend, a lyric poet, a journalist with a literary bent, a homespun philosopher, a singer Sinatra style, a combo organizer…
Goodbye JunV By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LAST January 22, I was stunned to learn from my friend Passky that our good buddy Juanito M. Velasco (fondly called by his relatives, friends and media colleagues as JunV) suffered a heart attack on January 19 and was confined at Villaflor Hospital…
By: Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.moralstories.org. I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. The Pot of the WitAuthor Unknown ONCE Emperor Akbar became very angry at his favorite minister Birbal. He asked Birbal to leave the kingdom and go away. Accepting…
Dagupan SP sked on floating basis By Leonardo Micua PROVINCIAL Local Government Operations Officer Agnes de Leon’s warning to legislators that they risk administrative charges if they fail to perform their mandate to hold sessions, applies to all, including members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan City. We were informed…
Pacquiao more than ready for Mayweather rematch By Al S. Mendoza MY prediction for a knockout win did not happen. Fine. And I’m sorry. I know the risk but still, I had to do it. Goes with the territory. That is inherent in a sports columnist: Predict the outcome of…
Crossroads and crossovers By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE road-widening project at the Manila North Road (a.k.a. MacArthur Highway) has focused its arguments on the projected traffic it was supposed to absorb but did not. This is because the Tarlac, Pangasinan, La Union Expressway (TPLEX), naturally redirected all major buses to…
Life begins at 40 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. “LIFE begins at 40,” a very popular maxim commonly expressed by middle aged people upon reaching 40. Pioneered by American story-writer Walter B. Pitkin in 1932, the saying became more popular to the world when the late American singer-actor Elvis Presley…
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. Little Boy’s Meeting with GodAuthor Unknown ONCE, there was a little boy who wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to…
© 2026 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
