Fire all scalawags in the PNP! By Bebot Villar PULIS na naman. And this time, not just one but twelve policemen were involved in the much talked about highway robbery and kidnapping that took place in broad daylight in Quezon City on September 1. Tsk, tsk PNP has hardly recovered…
Suicide By Oscar V. Cruz INTRESTING! More and more modern dictionaries do not even have the word “suicide“ mentioned therein in order to somehow define or describe what it really means. More. Strange but true, even updated books on Psychiatry neither carry the term “suicide” in order to analyze the phenomenon, to proffer…
Pain and gain in Spain By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. PRIOR to our Gilas Pilipinas’ joust in this year’s FIBA World Cup in Spain, Filipino basketball pundits had mixed analysis how far our nationals can go against the Goliaths of the world. Some critics initially said we can’t win even…
The irony of September celebrations By Hilda M. Austria SEPTEMBER–a month when the countdown to our long Christmas celebration begins; it is when we start to feel the Christmassy breeze. To the Department of Education (DepEd), it has been made the month of celebrating their noble profession, as educators….
TEACHERS’ LOAN. The Pangasinan National High School (Lingayen) massacre of three teachers and a loan collector and the wounding of three other teachers by a policeman should send a strong message to teachers who avail of loans, left and right. It’s okay to borrow money but be sure you pay…
Writing about violence By Ermin Garcia Jr. HOW bloody is bloody? How much is too much? How true is true? Routinely, police and crime stories make for perfect templates for writing traditional news stories guided by the 5 Ws (Who, What, Where, When Why) and 1 H (How). A…
P-noy is for ‘Daang Mar-tuwid’ By Jun Velasco “Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.”Plutarch THE Punch’s triumph in the sala of Pasig Judge Rolando Mislang breathes new life to the time-honored principle of truthful reporting in our small democratic space….
‘Comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable’ By Gonzalo Duque YOU might consider this as some kind of self congratulations! Why, you ask? Well, by the time you read this page, you must already be wearing a smile over the nicest news in town. Panalo ang Sunday Punch sa pang-haharass…
World admiration won By Al S. Mendoza WE won one but it felt like we were 4-1. That’s the story of Gilas Pilipinas in the Fiba World Cup of basketball. Because of bad breaks and indiscretions, we lost the golden chance to advance to the Round of 16 quarterfinals….
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