By Ermin Garcia Jr.   PREPOSTEROUS and nonsensical is how the members of the 7 epaLiFes are seen proceeding with their attempts to still appear rational and intelligent after their series of blunders, messing up their political future. For Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia, Celia Lim, Irene Lim-Acosta, Dada Reyna-Macalanda, Alvin Coquia,…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE conflicting views of the Department of Budget and Management and the Department of Interior and Local Government on the “rectifying” ordinance of the 7 epaLiFes must not be left unresolved very long. If left unresolved, the city government and its residents and the members of the…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE minority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod is again being pushed by the seven epaLiFes on the defensive with their latest attack on the established law and rules on lawmaking, compelling it to seek legal opinion from the DILG and DBM if the epaLiFes were…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE Holy Week that passed must have been a stressful and dreadful week for the seven irresponsible councilors of Dagupan City, namely, Redford Erfe-Mejia, Celia Lim, Librada Reyna-Macalanda, Alfie Fernandez, Alvin Coquia and Marilou Fernandez. Judging from their antics, falling all over themselves “to correct…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   WITHOUT any doubt in my mind, the mangled P864.91-M annual budget awarded by the 7 epaLiFes to the Dagupan City government has changed some lives in the city for good. The unprecedented reckless imprudence in legislation and ignorance of the law demonstrated by the arrogant…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE seven Dagupan City councilors in the majority have, without a doubt, earned their ignominious places in the city’s political history.  For the first time, the city was told by a bunch of arrogant and egoistic legislators that its residents do not deserve any help…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE unprecedented move of Mayor Belen Fernandez appearing before the committee of finance and appropriations t where the 7 epaLiFes hold sway, to defend the annual budget got an immediate, predictable response! They demanded the presence of the all the department heads in the next…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   WITHOUT a doubt, the rules and jurisprudence cited by the DILG opinion against the illegal acts of the 7 EpaLiFes earned for themselves a despicable legacy they who brazenly violated all basic decent rules in local governance over an eight-month period to promote their hideous…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THERE you have it. DILG dealt the ‘Sunday Punch’ (Merriam-Wester: A powerful devastating blow) knockout on the 7epaLiFes at the Sangguniang Panlungsod on the 9th round (month)! The glory days of the 7 EpaLiFes are definitely over. Whether they like it or not, the legal…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   AS I recall how Frank Sinatra’s enduring “My Way” song that begins with  – “ And now, the end is near…” I cannot but feel that no other line in that song would best describe the scenario for the 7epaLiFes’ short-lived power play to heir…