By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE clarification made by Dagupan City Legal Officer Atty. Aurora Valle on the use of subjudice as a rule and invoked by the 7epaLiFes as a reason for junking the proposed Supplemental Budget for the Special Recognition Incentive (SRI) and gratuity pay of Dagupan City…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. MAKING New Year resolutions used to be a serious activity for the young and the old. I remember our Grade Six teacher telling us how important it was to make New Year resolutions if we were to become better children and make our parents happy….
New Year resolutions, going, going, gone
By Ermin Garcia Jr. What’s the worst Christmas thought for Dagupeños? It is knowing that another protracted word war is in the offing after Dagupan’s 7 epaLiFes (aka councilors in the majority) boycotted the SP’s regular and special sessions, and particularly, after Mayor Belen Fernandez signed the memorandum of…
The worst Christmas thought
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IS it possible at all that Dagupan Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia, Alfie Fernandez, Celia Chua-Lim, Irene Lim-Acosta, Librada Macalanda, Alvin Coquia and Marilou Fernandez were all absent when the basic tenets of Logic 101 and English 101 were taught in the colleges and universities they attended?…
Comedy at the Dagupan SP
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN our editorial this week, we called on our congressmen (and senators) to stop moves to decriminalize libel. While the move appears to support and protect journalism practice, the consequence of such a move will serve not only to increase risks to journalists’ lives but…
Decriminalized libel will have chilling effects
By Ermin Garcia Jr. WITH the proliferation of motorcycles by thousands every month in the country, many have long wondered why most still do not carry LTO plates, but notices signs merely indicating number of ORs issued by motorcycle dealers. This situation explains in part why an unregistered motorcycle…
LTO, PNP are helpless against riders
By Ermin Garcia Jr. JUST when I thought there was only one councilor remaining in the majority bloc in the Dagupan Sanggunian who could possibly redeem the lost integrity and honor of the 7 epaLiFes barkada – Councilor Marilou Fernandez! But it was she herself who proved me wrong….
Sadly, she proved me wrong
By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHAT can one expect, indeed, from arrogant public officials? Expect endless stupid thoughts and antics to reinforce their arrogance. These can very well be the hallmark of the 7 epaLiFes. From the day Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia, Alfie Fernandez, Dada Reyna-Macalanda, Celia-Chua Lim, Irene Lim Acosta,…
When arrogance breeds stupidity
By Ermin Garcia Jr. CONGRATULATIONS and good luck to the newly elected and the re-elected barangay officials. I’d like to believe that new visions will show the way to good governance and hopefully start a new movement and advocacy in barangay affairs. While elections for local and national government…
Who will make a difference?
By Ermin Garcia Jr. MUCH as I’d like to believe that the thousands of BSKE candidates in Pangasinan who rushed to file their candidacies have shown sincere interests in serving their barangays and Sangguniang Kabataan in different capacities, I’m afraid this is farthest from the truth. Without a doubt,…