By Ermin Garcia Jr.   LAST week, I was invited by the sub-committee of the Technical Working Group of the National Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) as a stakeholder in the discussion on whether or not to rescind the contentious provision in its Resolution…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   NOW it can be told. While the provincial board was looking at everyone but itself to blame for the continued non-operation of bus trips to Metro Manila (MM), a backdoor channel was opened to Health Sec. Francisco Duque III to consider pitching in the effort…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   SOMETHING real worrisome about the prospect of having Ferdinand Marcos Jr as next president of the republic. Last week, he publicly campaigned for Jinggoy Estrada, touting him as a good friend, an able ally and performer in the senate. I thought that was par for…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   PANGASINENSES can already look forward to the promised New Normal life – doing everything with everyone like they used to except for one thing – to keep observing health protocols! Well, actually not everything. While all provincial governments in the region are able to allow…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   DAGUPAN City Mayor Brian Lim may perhaps believe that he has already effectively blunted efforts to make him, his Market Supervisor Aguedo Sta. Maria and his staff, and department heads accountable for the illegal activities at the city’s public markets by continuing to bar any…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE integrity and dignity of the Dagupan Sanggunian Panlungsod are non-negotiable! This sums up the message of City Councilor Teresa Coquia to Councilors Librada Reyna- Celia Lim tandem when the duo tried to stop and derail the proceedings on the reported criminal activities of the…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   WHOEVER is advising Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim about the handling of the serious charges of corruption and criminal activities at the Market Division office is doing a good job at sabotaging his reelection in 2022! His/her boss is fast sinking in the quagmire and…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   JUST when I thought the Dagupan City councilors would finally step up as dedicated public servants for the small fish vendors who rushed to them for relief and protection from the harassment of the Lim administration, they ended up quietly walking away after being kicked…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   WHILE the bleeding hearts of human rights groups are crying out over the deaths of suspected EJK among drug peddlers, millions of families can’t be thankful enough for keeping their members safe and away from the clutches of drug syndicates. And contrary to the admission…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE sun was out shining in Dagupan City for two days but like a curse, the city’s main streets and district area were still severely flooded. But not one belonging to the city’s Flood Mitigation Commission, created in 2019, to craft a master plan to…