By Rex Catubig WOMEN are usually portrayed as mothers or wives, or girlfriends. When they are in an illicit relationship, they are branded as kabit, the other woman. But there are other women, who fall under the tag other woman not because of the implied forbidden status but simply…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. AFTER failing to block the passage of Dagupan City’s 2025 annual budget and the supplemental budgets that went it, now comes the opposition’s ploy to stall action on any activities that will boost the Belen administration’s unliserbisyo. In fact, the life of obstructionism continues to…
By Gonzalo Duque IT’S really surprising that a lot of cases are now being heard by the Supreme Court. Among these are the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, which she herself filed before the high tribunal, the transfer of PhilHealth funds to the national treasury, the 2025 General…
By Leonardo Micua WITH the initial structure of the One-Bonuan Pavillon in place in Bonuan Binloc, and the construction of the two-story General Douglas Mac Arthur Memorial starting soon, the more than 60-year old garbage dumpsite in Bonuan will now find itself shamefully out of place. Add this to the…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo EVERY time a classmate travels to the Philippines, we make sure to get together as much as possible. Since three of them were coming in the first quarter of 2025 at different months, we deferred the event three times to wait for another one whom…
By Farah G. Decano IT is good to be updated of recent Supreme Court rulings. Hence, Atty. Daphne Arriola prepared this below: “Can someone who knowingly broke the fundamental rules of marriage rewrite those same rules to conveniently escape his or her previous marriage obligations to subsequently remarry? In…
By Eva C. Visperas THERE are moments in a journalist’s career when the lines between the story and personal reflection blur. A media trip to the new museum and building at the House of Representatives in Batasan Hills on February 20 took me—and a handful of fellow veteran newsmen—on…
By Rex Catubig IN celebration of the Women’s Month this March Note: A friend posted this poem by Rupi Kaur on Facebook. I googled her: Rupi Kaur is a Canadian poet, illustrator, photographer, and author. Born in Punjab, India, Kaur immigrated to Canada at a young age with her…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE PUNCH feels it is its duty to support Comelec’s call to candidates to comply with its rules on vote-buying and mounting of legal-sized posters even knowing that its scare tactics no longer work on the candidates and their supporters. Not only do the candidates…
By Gonzalo Duque THE spectacle of the campaign period vis-à-vis the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte is about to unfold before our eyes. Whoever sent that guy to bring a case before the Supreme Court for the immediate trial of VP Sara before the Senate did not know…
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