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Remembering our Karina

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By Ermin Garcia Jr.   NOVEMBER 1 is a date that has become sacred to our family. It is the date when our youngest sibling, Karina, died. She drowned off the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan on November 1, 1963. Know that as our mother, Paulita, revealed she overheard Karina telling…

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Remembering our Karina

By October 28, 2024Punchline

Outnumbered and outfought?

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By Ermin Garcia Jr. TWO weeks ago, the newly designated chief of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, P/Col. Rollyfer Capoquian made a declaration that assured Pangasinenses of a police unit that communities could rely on. Mr. Capoquian said he will focus on a mission anchored on “PNP (Pulis ng Pangasinan) Magaling…

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Outnumbered and outfought?

By October 21, 2024Punchline

BSL’s lesson for 7 epaLiFes

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By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE 7 epaLiFes were seen grasping at straws in desperation to escape culpability over the possible loss of the P150 million fund for a Mother and Child Hospital (MCH). They finally and hurriedly passed the required resolution, authorizing Mayor Belen Fernandez to sign a memorandum…

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BSL’s lesson for 7 epaLiFes

By October 13, 2024Punchline

Panic-stricken 7 epaLiFes

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By Ermin Garcia Jr.   DAGUPAN’S 7 epaLiFes are already frantic and panic-stricken about their future during the campaign period. They have absolutely nothing to gloat about as their accomplishments as councilors who ruled the city council. In desperation, they made themselves believe that plagiarizing and hi-jacking proposed ordinances crafted…

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Panic-stricken 7 epaLiFes

By October 7, 2024Punchline

Blame Brian Lim

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By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE arrogance of the 7 epaLiFes in Dagupan City is endless. They maintain that not even the national government can compel them to accept a well-funded project for the benefit of Dagupeños unless and until their self-serving political terms and conditions are met. I even…

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Blame Brian Lim

By September 29, 2024Punchline

Senate vs. QuadCom hearings

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By Ermin Garcia Jr.   LET’S talk about the ongoing committee hearings on POGO in both Senate and the House of Reps. First, what’s common about them: They’re asking the same questions. (What a waste of time and resources) There is no prior approved motion of any recommended amendment or…

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Senate vs. QuadCom hearings

By September 23, 2024Punchline

Weaponized contempt charges

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By Ermin Garcia Jr.     ALLOW me to highlight here how the Quad committee formed by House Speaker Martin Romualdez acted as investigator, prosecutor and judge to all its invited resource persons whom they have identified as “persons of interests” initially in hearings on the illegal activities of POGO…

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Weaponized contempt charges

By September 17, 2024Punchline

Blessings, warning for Dagupan

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By Ermin Garcia Jr.   RESIDENTS of Dagupan City must take the impact of Typhoon ‘Enteng’ both as a blessing and a warning. What could have been another usual knee-high flooding in the city’s commercial district restricting movements of residents at the height of the typhoon, the major roads that…

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Blessings, warning for Dagupan

By September 9, 2024Punchline

Targeting PRRD via Pincoy Duque

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By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE news that former Health Secretary Pincoy Duque will face graft charges for “illegally” transferring funds during the Covid-19 pandemic is another desperate move to discredit the Duterte administration without filing a case against PRRD. Same strategy is being pursued against Harry Roque, Sen. Bato…

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Targeting PRRD via Pincoy Duque

By September 3, 2024Punchline

7 epaLifes expose more of themselves

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By Ermin Garcia Jr.   HERE’S another hard and humiliating experience for the arrogant 7 epaLifes. All the ordinances that Councilors Redford Erfe-Mejia, Alfie Fernandez, Celia Chua-Lim, Alvin Coquia, Librada Reyna-Macalanda, Marilou Fernandez and Irene Lim-Acosta had to be vetoed by Mayor Belen mainly for their gross ignorance of the…

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7 epaLifes expose more of themselves

By August 26, 2024Punchline