Editorial

by Editor

July 1, 2025 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

A new dawn… but dark days ahead

EVERY time the country finishes a regular or midterm elections, all local government candidates who won look forward to the day when they can speak with confidence about the new dawn that awaits all. There would generally be expectations about another three years pregnant with possibilities, innovations, and ambitions under…
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June 26, 2025 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

Finally, on with the impeachment trial

NOW that an impressive defense panel for Vice President Sara Duterte has been formed, the varied voices of dissent as to how the Senate handled the scheduling of the impeachment trial is beginning to die down. There is no more doubt in anybody’s mind that the trial will proceed on…
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June 15, 2025 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

There is smoke, but where’s the fire?

GIANT “white and black smoke” again soared high off the coasts of Bolinao, Bani, and Agno, one after the other, as fishermen hauled off an estimated P8 billion worth of shabu off the sea. While it was not the first time for such a supply to be fished out from…
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June 8, 2025 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

Is Pangasinan PNP up for the Chief PNP challenge?

THE recent appointment of then PMaj Gen. Nicolas Torre as Chief PNP was met initially with mixed reactions from politicians, depending on their affiliations: with Marcos Jr. or the Dutertes. But it was the early endorsement of newly-elected Sen. Panfilo Lacson, a former Chief PNP and a no-nonsense police official…
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June 2, 2025 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

Still no honor after elections?

IS there no magnanimity, decency, or benevolence or honor between and among our local politicians after the elections? Is there nothing more that our young can learn from our elder politicians, that after all the fun distributions of ayuda, obvious exchanges of black propaganda in social media that they can…
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