Culture of service and leadership By Jun Velasco “It has been rightly said that a mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make learning unnecessary,” E.C. McKenzie WE felicitate our cousin Fernando “Pandong” Velasco-dela Cruz, founder/chief operating officer of Addessa Appliance Center for the…
Think about it
Woman with balls By Gonzalo Duque AT her well-attended State of the City Address (SOCA), Mayor Belen T. Fernandez stood and sounded like a giant, towering lady of Dagupan. And a voice of courage, too! A seatmate was whispering “tinalo ni Belen ang predecessor niya ano!” She was referring…
Playing with Fire
What does Pacquiao know about basketball coaching? By Al S. Mendoza WHAT is happening with Manny Pacquiao? Or, better yet, what is happening inside the camp of Manny Pacquiao? For, surely, even if Pacquiao was the ultimate decision maker in this newest twist of his life, you can’t take…
General Admission
NPC is intact By Bebot Villar STAYING put with the NPC. That’s the clear situation and reality obtaining sa Nationalist People’s Coalition party in spite of mga naglalabasang intriga na may mga mag re-resign na mga bokal effective June 1. Sobrang excited yata sila that they even preempted it…
Deretsahan
Partisan Politics Incarnate By Oscar V. Cruz IT all began when someone wanted by law for big and multiple criminal acts made the considered option to surrender to no one else than the Big Boss himself in the country. So the said someone was dutifully fetched and brought to…
Viewpoints
Present-day Bayanihan By Johanne Margarette R. Macob BAMBOO poles forming a sturdy frame were carried on the shoulders and arms of a number of men, who – by the way – knew one another beyond names and each cared for the other as a family. On those poles was a…
Young Roots
Who will protect Decorp’s customers? By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE PUNCH has not received any response from the Dagupan Electric Corporation to our text query whether it plans to refund overpayments made by its customers for the overstated generation charges made in December 2013 and January 2014. Note that…
Punchline
“All Saints Days” By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THESE are days of rejoicing and bliss. It has become certain and clear that saints are not only acclaimed in Rome but especially so in Philippines. And it is certainly not but a matter of this or that saint but many…
Viewpoints
We shall rise after the fall By Jun Velasco YOU’D get the impression a workaholic Belen Fernandez might collapse under the weight of a mountain of workload she gets every day. That’s what we saw Friday, and we shot a word at her “mahirap ang mag mayor ha Belen?”…
