By Ermin Garcia Jr.   AGAIN! If you think the 7 epaLiFes have run out of abnormal precepts of how Dagupan should be governed, think again, because they have new views based on their position as the majority at the Dagupan sanggunian! After suffering serious major setbacks in their efforts,…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   AT the third edition of “Punching Duo” (myself and Punch columnist Gonz Duque) podcast with Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez as guest, we heard her sum up her accomplishments despite serious challenges from the opposition from 2022 to 2024, in what I believe is her…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THERE must be incidents in the early youths of the 7 epaLiFes, namely, Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia, Alfie Fernandez and Irene Lim-Acosta that traumatized them about their self-esteem and self-importance. I say this because they didn’t waste time to lead the rest of their uniformed barkada,…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE year has ended and the public has not been informed about details of the overseas travel to the USA and Spain of the provincial board members and their favorite provincial officials. Who paid for their travel? Pray tell, VG. Mark Lambino and Provincial Administrator…

By Ermin Garcia Jr   AFTER their temporary successors showed what it’s like to be productive, relevant, and committed lawmakers as the new majority, I have no doubt the old and now completely irrelevant 7 epaLiFes, are out of their wits trying to see how they could get out of…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE thieves at the House of Representatives are going for broke! They not only paid themselves millions weekly for doing the QuadCom hearings, but they would not hold themselves accountable for detaining resource persons who refused to give them the responses they needed to build…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE national brouhaha over the impending impeachment of VP Sara Duterte, has deeply polarized the country on two fronts: For or against impeachment, for or against PBBM! It has become much too obvious that the allies of Speaker Martin Romualdez, particularly the appointed attack dogs,…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   AFTE the suspension of epaLiFe Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia, Alfie Fernandez and Irene Lim-Acosta 4 weeks ago, the remaining four: Councilors Dada Reyna-Macalanda, Celia Lim, Alvin Coquia and Marilou Fernandez, can very well be suspended by either the Office of the President or the Ombudsman for…

By Ermin Garcia Jr   THOSE who still don’t appreciate or understand how important Pangasinan is in the realm of voting power, let the recent  images of the presence of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte in Pangasinan wooing voters for the 2025 mid-term election tell you…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   IS there a chance that the 7 epaLiFes will soon stop their nonsense with the last ruling of RTC Judge Michael Israel on their petitions? I seriously doubt that because they never showed any indication that their moves are intended to help improve the plight…