Drug war is like anti US war By Gonzalo Duque AS we write this column, we beg for your indulgence especially the oldies who may find it hard to change, the colonially-minded and those infatuated with “Western movies.” Be prepared for a tough, maybe painful but, if you are…
The real President Duterte By Al S. Mendoza WHAT’S wrong with us doing more business with China than the US? China is nearer to us than the US. We can fly to either Beijing or Shanghai in less than three hours. We need at least 14 hours to get…
War on poverty, right to life By Ulysses R. Butuyan CATHOLIC PRIESTS SHYING AWAY FROM CRITICIZING DUTERTE ON DRUGS. Maybe, some of them are more afraid of him than they are of God. WHAT ABOUT WAR ON POVERTY? The so-called drug war is effectively solving it; the more alleged…
Dagupan’s college caging complications By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. DESPITE the sudden withdrawal of title-contender, the surging Philippine Colleges of Science and Technology, from the UCAAP cagefest, the tourney still managed to finish last October 14 albeit anti-climactic. As expected, defending champions Lyceum Northwestern University Dukes easily defeated substitute…
A ‘CHANGED’ COP — Here’s a text message sent on Oct. 14 to three of Pangasinan’s top police officers and see how fast they replied. Me: Sir good pm. Pinapatanong po ni Mr. Ermin Garcia, publisher at editor-in-chief ng Sunday Punch kung ilan na daw po ang declared drug-free barangays…
Insatiable greed? By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHEN the cat is away, the mouse will play! Figuratively, that’s exactly what happened last week at the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod again. The minority councilors (Luis Samson Jr., Nicanor Aquino and Guillermo Vallejos led by Minority Floor Leader Redford Erfe-Mejia) pulled a fast one…
US no longer ‘al-mighty’ By Gonzalo Duque THERE’s a lot of misreading of our revered FVR’s column in the Manila Bulletin on President Duterte’s First 100 Days. Detractors are jumping with glee in irresponsible disregard of the duo’s personas. Our take on Kuya Eddie’s column is like that of …
I pity her By Al S. Mendoza DE LIMA’s first name isn’t Leila anymore? Change that from Leila to Lost? And so, do we now have a Lost de Lima? De Lima seems lost these days that she has started acting strangely, almost unlike a senator, that a new…
Duterte, Trillanes, Addicts By Ulysses R. Butuyan DUTERTE SAYS SORRY TO THE JEWS BUT SLAMS US, EU ANEW ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE. When will he stop apologizing to the world? Will he ever apologize to the Filipino people? DUTERTE, DE LIMA ACCUSED OF LAUNDERING BILLIONS IN DIRTY MONEY. Money…
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