By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN Morocco, I watched a man walk quietly, his steps without the slightest sound, the lightness of a cat, through a small reflecting pool, a very still water that mirrored everything and everyone who passed. In this stillness, nothing seemed to move, not a leaf,…
By Farah G. Decano THE UniTeam is self-destructing but everything is not over yet. Whilst hostilities between the Philippines’ top two political families escalated two weeks ago, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte continue to maintain a friendly front with the former recently calling himself…
By Eva C. Visperas I will miss the trees behind the Capitol complex. They had been cut down. Some netizens perhaps cried, feeling sorry for the fallen trees that can never be brought back again. I will not dwell on the debates about this tree-cutting issue at the Capitol…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER four times of tryouts in Calasiao and in Alaminos City gyms, the formation of our provisional Pangasinan Heat team quintet for the coming 2024 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) was finally known last Thursday by our Pangasinan squad head coach Jun Marzan, the…
By Rex Catubig “INTSIK tsonga”, “Tsikwa”– are just two of the monikers they are condescendingly called, implying disdain in the way they are regarded. Which reveals our bias and cultural ignorance. My father was privileged to enjoy a close association with the Chinese in the lumber business. I grew…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IF there’s one message being delivered by The PUNCH through our ‘Police Reports’ column by our motorcycle-riding chief correspondent Akiham Pasion, that continue to be ignored by the PNP, LGUs and LTO – it is the fact that there is an increasing number of deaths…
By Leonardo Micua HERE’S a big cause for alarm for all of us. A report from PDEA that bigger volume of illegal drugs, particularly shabu, have been entering Pangasinan since the start of the year. In fact, we consider this report as more factual and alarming than what former…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IF you have not seen it, watch Alexander: The Making of a God, a six-part docuseries that explores Alexander the Great’s conquests using contemporary accounts and fact-based archaeology, based mainly on ongoing excavations being undertaken by Greek archeologist Calliope Limneos-Papakosta in Alexandria, Egypt, the city that Alexander…
By Farah G. Decano THE numerous road elevations and drainage installations going on simultaneously in Dagupan City are negatively affecting countless residents and business owners. They are either forced to cough out significant amounts of money or incur loans to cope with these infrastructure changes. Not only are the…
By Eva C. Visperas THE aroma of the humble yet heartwarming soup, a staple for struggling students at the school canteen, triggered a nostalgic journey as I strolled through the grounds of my alma mater, St. Louis University (SLU), in Baguio City after 36 long years. I was back…
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