By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE 7 epaLiFes are not running out of schemes and dirty tricks to prevent the Belen administration from succeeding with its infrastructure and public service programs. Their latest affront was their attempt to derail the ongoing drainage and widening project of the DPWH. Their only…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   IN this particular round, a tired and angry Mayor Belen Fernandez entered the ring this time with bloodshot but with fire in her eyes, energized and raring to end the round  quickly. She didn’t disappoint her fans around the ring. She rushed to the center…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   AT the rate the both camps of Mayor Belen Fernandez, on one hand, and the Sanggunian’s 7 epaLiFe majority members (Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia, Alfie Fernandez, Celia Lim, Irene Lim-Acosta, Dada Reyna-Macalanda, Alvin Coquia and Marilou Fernandez,) on the other hand, are threatening, badgering and bullying…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   IF one is not keenly watching events and activities of our provincial government and Dagupan City government, one will not know that there is a lack or absence of accountability among our elected officials periodically. Take the absence of accountability in the Capitol last week….

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   I CONTINUE to be amazed at how Mayor Belen Fernandez and her allies, on one side, and the 7epaLiFes on the other, are dealing with the long overdue passage of the P1.3 billion annual budget for Dagupan City. While Mayor Belen has not gone beyond…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE release of the Department of Budget and Management’s decision finding Dagupan City’s 2023 annual budget as “inoperative in its entirety” was actually anti-climactic. That it even took DBM more than two months to make that decision is disappointing. There was simply no way for…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE continued efforts of the Belen Fernandez administration pleading with the seven-man majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod to approve the mayor’s certified urgent bills is already bordering on ludicrous if not already a sign of total helplessness on its part. It’s ludicrous because Mayor Belen…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   AFTER both Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez and Vice Mayor Bryan Kua agreed to be humiliated and their offices disgraced by the seven councilors in the majority by appearing before their committees to be made accountable, the two city officials will have more humiliating situations…

By Emin Garcia Jr.   LAST week, Sen. Alan Cayetano, who as chairman of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology, urged and reminded both the national and local governments to adopt e-governance “in pursuit of good governance.” He said all efforts to transition the country to e-governance should not…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   YESTERDAY, May 20, our family observed the 57th death anniversary of my father who was killed by a Lingayen politician in 1966. After 5 decades, it’s understandable if people today know little or even remember who “Ermin Erfe Garcia” was. A social encounter in one…