By Ermin Garcia Jr.   PANGASINAN lost its very first son that became President, a legacy on its own that history has kept a full journal of what made Pangasinenses fully proud of Fidel V. Ramos. Early on, some Pangasinenses expressed dismay over the perceived failure of the Ramos administration…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.     ANYARE sa “DROP-COVER-HOLD”? Then walking briskly to safety? Gone with the wind. Why so? It must have been really frustrating on the part of the personnel of our Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices (DRRMO) in the province, towns and cities on seeing their…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THERE’S a new entertaining game in Dagupan City. It’s called the “LiFe-Camera-Action” at the Sanggunian! The cast is complete. The political objective is unmistakable. The agenda is self-serving. Hubris and bravado are its motivation. The level of play is immature and childish – for beginners…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE members of the LiFe team in Dagupan politics, they who managed to form the majority at the Sanggunian Panlungsod, are showing both their fangs and immaturity already at this early stage of their political stint. By absenting themselves in the last week’s session achieved…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.     SOMETHING uncanny hit home with the revelation of the Municipal l Agriculture Office in San Fabian town – that most of the illegal fish pens in that town were actually owned by businessmen from Dagupan City. With the unprecedented big number of illegal fish…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   MAYOR Brian Lim attempted to pull the wool over Dagupeños eyes when he produced and posted a misleading (fake news) meme in the city’s Public Information Office page on Facebook, meant to show that he’s leaving P1.2 billion in cash in bank reported as surplus…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.    NEXT week, Mayor Belen Fernandez (and many others like her) will restart her public service engine. And fairly or unfairly for her, the expectations are very high given the unprecedented mandate she got from the city, and after the disappointing and dismal performance of the…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE political zarzuela over the implementation of the 2022 annual budget of Dagupan City is definitely not over, until it’s over. And the day of reckoning will be July 1. In fact, whether Mayor Brian Lim approves or vetoes the budget ordinance by June 25,…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   OUTGOING Dagupan Mayor Brian Lim is facing another dilemma. Will he veto the 2022 annual budget that he proposed but will not benefit his administration or simply approve it as his last act of acceptance that he lost in his political poker he played with…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   NOW that the May 9 elections have decided what’s in store for Dagupan City, the majority group at the Sanggunian Panlungsod must act and finally give its imprimatur to the proposed 2022 budget for the city on June 28 at the very least. Recall that…