Pangasinan’s The Sunday Punch Folds After 70 Years - Asian Journal News
The closure follows declining ad revenue, rising costs and a shrinking readership as the weekly ends a 70-year run, staff said.
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Pangasinan’s The Sunday Punch folds after 70 years - Asian Journal News
Dagupan City Government - Information Office ðƒð€ð†ð”ðð€ð ð‚ðˆð“ð˜, ðð€ðð†ð€ð’ðˆðð€ð (ð‰ð”ð‹ð˜ ðŸŽðŸ“, ðŸðŸŽðŸðŸ”) — The Sunday Punch, one of the country’s oldest and most influential community newspapers, has ceased publication after 70 years, marking the end of an era for local journalism in Pangasinan.Founded on July 15, 1956 by veteran journalist Ermin E. Garcia Sr., The Sunday …
End of an era: Dagupan's Sunday Punch hangs up gloves after 70 years
BAGUIO, Philippines – Sunday Punch, the country’s longest-running community newsweekly, will cease publication after nearly seven decades, ending a storied chapter in Philippine provincial journalism. The English-language newspaper, founded in July 1956 by journalist Ermin Erfe Garcia, is set to publish its final issue this week, according to reports from local journalists. His son, Ermin Garcia Jr., took over and made it one of the most profita…
Pangasinan’s longest-running newspaper ends 70-year run
DAGUPAN CITY—After seven decades of chronicling the lives, triumphs, and struggles of Pangasinenses, The Sunday Punch, Pangasinan’s longest-running community newspaper, has published its final edition, closing a remarkable 70-year chapter in local journalism. Its farewell issue, dated July 5–11, 2026, carried the poignant banner headline: “Our last hurrah: Final issue after 70 years of punching.” […]...Keep on reading: Pangasinan’s longest-runni…
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