Editorial

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March 10, 2025 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

DA as the most corrupt agency

SOON after Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took his oath as president of the Philippines in 2022, he announced the appointments of cabinet members, except a secretary for the Department of Agriculture. He said he would be the DA’s concurrent secretary. The agriculture sector wondered if, indeed, he had the experience or…
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March 4, 2025 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

Correcting WWII history today

NOW that the Dagupan City government led by Mayor Belen Fernandez, has established once and for all that General Douglas MacArthur first landed at the Blue Beach (Dagupan) when he launched the liberation of Luzon island by allied forces led by the Americans. From this, the city government is also…
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February 24, 2025 in Editorial

VP Sara turns the table on Romualdez et al.

AS of last week, there was already a foregone conclusion that Vice President Sara Duterte was going to face the Senate after the midterm elections to decide on her fate as an impeached vice president. That was last week. Today, its VP Sara asking the accusers to explain why she…
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February 17, 2025 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

Same old challenges for new Comelec

AFTER all the months and weeks of listening to national and local officials and the Commission on Elections how prepared they were fpr the 2025 midterm elections, well, the test of the pudding is now in the eating, which began last week. However, the preparations they cited were mainly about…
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February 11, 2025 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

Two lost causes in two cities

THE two key cities in Pangasinan, Dagupan and Urdaneta, today share what could be said to be ‘lost causes’. In Dagupan City, the opposition in the Sangguniang Panlungsod finally restored its status as the ‘majority’ after it lost the status to the five-member minority when three of its members were…
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