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.” ...