Editorial

by Editor

March 26, 2024 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

An occasion for condemnation

WAS the passage of the Dagupan City’s 2024 annual budget after more than two months delay, indeed, a reason to celebrate? Hardly. From time immemorial, a budget, whether for home, education, vacation or for governance, technically speaks of money  that makes things happen. Families and corporations save for it, so…
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March 17, 2024 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

Celebrating today’s women

THERE’S much to tell about our women today but on such a topic, nothing beats hearing it all from the women themselves beyond an occasion “to spotlight women’s accomplishments and address ongoing and emerging issues related to women’s empowerment and gender equality,” or “empowering your girls around the nation with…
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March 10, 2024 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

The NFA policy and scandal

THE PUNCH’s news story this week about the status of National Food Authority (NFA)-Pangasinan’s rice buffer stock in the province reveals both the agency’s standard operating policy and the magnitude of the anomaly behind the sale of 75,000 bags of buffer stock by the NFA central office to two favored…
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March 3, 2024 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

Dagupan officials’ accountability in good governance

THE indictment of the three councilors, Redford Erfe-Mejia, Alfie Fernandez and Irene Lim-Acosta by the City Prosecution Service of Dagupan in connection with the affidavit-complaint for illegal detention, slander and disrupting a meeting filed last year by Vice Mayor Dean Bryan Kua and five councilors of the minority bloc, did…
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February 25, 2024 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

Finally, pro-people thrust of Guico administration

AFTER 12 months since Gov. Ramon Guico III assumed office, the province is finally feeling a wind of change in governance, from unleashing a list of infrastructure programs to establishing people-oriented programs. His administration started its parade with announcements that it will seek to build a new highway from Binalonan…
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