Establishments abusing senior citizens warned By Gonzalo Duque BISHOP Socrates Villegas’ election to the Conference of Bishops Council of the Philippines presidency should bring to focus his powerful role in reversing the brain drain problem in the country. A brilliant spiritual leader, and well loved by the Aquino family, Bishop…
Ermin Garcia: Unsung hero in his own land of birth By Al S. Mendoza JULY is Sunday PUNCH month. Just right. Emerging from austere, inauspicious, times, the Sunday PUNCH was born in July 1956, when the wounds of war had yet to fully heal. Hesitation still stalked the land….
Truth By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD IRRESPECTIVE of how someone is called or known with reference to his or her sexuality – “gay”, “lesbian”, “transgender” or anything the like – people have to give them the respect and deference they have a right and claim to pursuant to their…
Reform the SK, not abolish it By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THERE’S a push by some of our country’s lawmakers to abolish the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) due to its failure to serve its noble purpose and instead has become the breeding ground of corruption and political dynasty. Spearheaded by administration…
O Filipinas! Nen Santiago Villafania FILIPINAS o Pilipinas? Aya so tepet tan alingasngasan natan laut la dia ed facebook. Ginmapo nen imparungtal na Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino ya say nepeg a ngaran na pinabli tin bansa et Filipinas basi iya ed no anto so akasulat ed awaran tan no…
For Water is Life By Johanne Margarette R. Macob I WAS looking at some old photographs then I noticed a common element: water. It seems that I’ve been in love with water for so long now. LOL. There are pictures of me or my loved ones with a beach…
The PUNCH on its 57th year By Ermin Garcia Jr. BELIEVE it! Your SUNDAY PUNCH is already marking its 57th year of continued publication and service to Pangasinenses around the globe this month! As I looked back in time appreciating how The PUNCH started and fared since 1956, I…
Bobby talks about Erap’s masa appeal By Jun Velasco “I would so live as if I knew that I received my being only for the benefit of others,”–Seneca IT’S cloudy, teary season. We felt the rainy season in our bones when two Dagupan stalwarts, both our friends, former…
City Auditor preparing red-hot report By Gonzalo Duque OUR media colleagues will find this interesting. Our tycoon friend Tony Cabangon Chua was overheard in a conversation with Bolinao Mayor Noli Celeste recently. The tycoon who was “had” in his recent misadventure in buying the MCAdore building recently went to Bolinao,…
Let the trial begin By Al S. Mendoza THE case of the “sex-for-flight” scandal raised by our dear female overseas workers must be pursued up to the ends of the Earth. But what is “sex-for-flight” again? It means women offer themselves for free to men…
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