Reality mirrors adventure fiction By Ermin Garcia Jr. LEAVE it to movie scriptwriters and directors to give criminal minds more inventive ideas how to best accomplish their “missions”. The recent assassination of Tanauan Mayor Antonio Halili from a distance during a flag ceremony was a familiar scene in many…
NO to suspension of Oplan RODY By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE news last week that Dagupan Police Chief Jandale Sulit suspended implementation of Oplan RODY subsequently, enforcement of Artikulo 21 sent the wrong message. Oplan RODY ordered strict enforcement of ordinances relating to criminality in the streets. By suspending…
Oplan Rody, our chance at lesser crimes By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE directive of President Duterte to launch Oplan Rody intended to address the tambay culture was definitely long overdue, as in 50 years ago. The seeming innocuous ordinances that include loitering, smoking, defecating and urinating in in public…
Remember Artikulo 21 By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE crackdown on tambays nationwide is actually long overdue, but as expected the bleeding hearts took the opportunity to take center stage by protesting it. And who are they? Believe me when I say that those protesting are the same folks who’ve…
PDU30 attacks clergy, not the church By Ermin Garcia Jr. AS I read the full statement issued by the clergy in the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese for the “Day of Reparation,“ my initial impression was it was an appropriate and timely call for prayers for Fr. Richmond Nilo and two other…
Wanted: Volunteer Anti-Corruption Watchdogs By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHERE is our country headed to? While President Duterte is bent on showing that corruption has no place in government under his watch, the massive vote-buying seen during the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK elections) was scandalous, to say the least….
Fr. Soc’s political pastoral letter By Ermin Garcia Jr. I read and reread the pastoral letter written by Archbishop Socrates Villegas on May 24, and I could not find a single line that preached Jesus’ discipleship. The letter even ignored Mark 12:17: “Then Jesus said to them, ‘Give back…
May 20, 1966: Ermin Garcia was murdered By Ermin Garcia Jr. MANY may no longer remember that 52 years ago today, May 20, 1966, my father, Ermin E. Garcia (EEG), our founding editor-publisher, was shot and killed in our editorial office here in Dagupan City by then Lingayen Councilor…
Mandatory drug tests By Ermin Garcia Jr. IF there’s anything that makes this year’s barangay and SK elections memorable and significant, it is the introduction of two electoral policies, albeit unofficial: The posting of a list by the PNP that identifies, exposes and discredits incumbent barangay officials seeking reelection…
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