From THE PANGASINAN COURIER, Dagupan City, November 3, 1963: According to police findings, little Karina Garcia and the Maryknoll teacher, MISS Norma Petilla went out swimming with seven others in the Blue Beach near the vicinity of SWA-OVR Training Center. That was about 11 o’clock. It was reported that they…

“ERMIN GARCIA” was a symbol of what every newspaperman should aspire to be. Ermin could have come to Manila, as many journalist and writers of promise do, and made his mark in the metropolitan press. But he felt that his vocation lay a home, and it was to make happier…

(From a tape-recorded INTERVIEW between ERMIN GARCIA and Fr. JUNI JESENA, S.J. at the Sunday Punch office, Dagupan City, December 22, 1965) Excerpts from the words of ERMIN GARCIA: I had a girlfriend. Of course it was known all around town that we were sweethearts. I used to visit her…

A speech given by ERMIN GARCIA, May 19, 1962 In his Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller, PROFILES IN COURAGE, written while he was a member of the United States Senate, John F. Kennedy said, “In no other occupation but politics is it expected that a man will sacrifice honors, prestige, and his…

(Continuation of the Interview between ERMIN GARCIA and A.C.J. at the SUNDAY PUNCH OFFICE, Dagupan City, Dec. 22, 1964) Excerpts from the words of ERMIN GARCIA: I spent my childhood mostly with my GRANDPARENTS in San Fabian. They loved me very…they used to treat me the way I treat my…

TO MY DAUGHTER, KARINA GARCIA ON HER TWELFTH BIRTHDAY By Ermin Garcia The SUNDAY PUNCH November 6, 1963 Karina, my darling daughter: We are all here for the big day tomorrow. In a little more than a couple of hours, it will be Thursday, November 7—your twelfth birthday anniversary. It…

“KARINA, MY DARLING…” By Ermin Garcia August 1, 1965 Karina, ever my darling— After many months, I go back to this folder (your own) and put down once again my thoughts. Distractions from various quarters—largely work on the paper and its business and civic work have kept me away-. But…

“KARINA, MY DARLING…” By Ermin Garcia November 1, 1964 It has been exactly a year since you left us, and yet it seems only yesterday that I last saw you and hugged you in my breast. Looking back to the first twelve months of your absence, I can say humbly…

“KARINA, MY DARLING…” By Ermin Garcia May 1, 1964 A half year has passed since we said goodbye. The turmoil in my mind has somehow settled down, calmed in the belief and the faith that YOU ARE AMONG GOD’S ELECT. But in my heart yet rages an inferno of sorrow,…

“KARINA, MY DARLING…” By Ermin Garcia April 25, 1964 As I write this, my darling, the sun sets on a day of observance, of another day 43 years ago in that small town so dear to our hearts, San Fabian. As you have known, I never was for celebrating the…