Editorial
Transparency in the river rehabilitation plan
CENTRAL Pangasinan, including low-lying areas like Calasiao and Dagupan City, recently endured a debilitating flood that persisted for at least 10 days, resulting in millions of pesos in property damage and livelihood losses. Local authorities have identified the severe siltation and degradation of the province's river systems as the primary…
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What must be in PBBM’s 4th SONA?
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will deliver his 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 28, in the aftermath of widespread flooding across Luzon and its neighboring islands in the southwest, as well as fresh from his trip last week to the United States, where he met with…
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Ban online gambling in every form
MORE congressmen and senators have filed separate bills seeking to completely ban online gambling. It’s about time. However, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he is inclined to support a plan by the Department of Finance (DOF) to impose new taxes on online gambling operators, provided the measure would be thoroughly studied…
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The impact of political will
A new dawn is clearly in the offing. We have been receiving news reports on good governance in towns and cities that are initiatives of both reelected and newly elected mayors with visions. These are not programs worth millions of pesos, but programs that exemplify how political will alone can…
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Your SUNDAY PUNCH, moving from 69th to 70th year
ON July 5, 1956, PUNCH founder-editor Ermin Erfe Garcia, decided to publish a pocket-sized weekly community newspaper with contributions from some close friends. He believed that newspaper readers would find it more convenient to be updated with local news that could be folded to fit a man’s back pocket. (Nobody…
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