Mind the earthquake, not tsunami By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPAN City residents should rest their minds, self assured that the city government has all preparations in place in case a tsunami occurs, and I underscore “in case.” I say this because the tsunami scare in Dagupan has no scientific…
Disjointed campaign vs. illegal gambling By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHEN news of the NBI raid in Urbiztondo town and the subsequent arrests of Meridien Vista Gaming Corp’s employees reached me, for a minute, I sincerely thought the Duterte administration was finally making headway in the President’s campaign against illegal…
Happy to be seniors By Ermin Garcia Jr. HERE’S a piece of good news to senior citizens and soon to be seniors! In addition to their privilege of enjoying 20% discount and exemption from their restaurant bills, movie tickets, land, sea and air fares, medical and medicine bills, etc.,…
Relevant but misplaced context By Ermin Garcia Jr. I DO find the homily of Archbishop Soc Villegas last Maundy Thursday before priests in the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese timely and relevant. I share his observance that Godliness among laity seems to be waning, and the felt indifference of parishioners appears to…
Fr. Soc’s thoughts By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE country just observed the Holy Week but I’d like to give way to Archbishop Soc Villegas’ thoughts last week about observance of Holy Week. In case you missed it, his thoughts are relevant and useful to the older generation that clings…
War of nerves in war on drugs By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE reported scheduled meeting between leaders of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and members of the Duterte cabinet is long overdue. We’ve been seeing a war of nerves, on top of the war on drugs…
Who wants barangay elections? By Ermin Garcia Jr. OUR province’s congressmen have found themselves in a dilemma over the suggestion of President Duterte to again postpone the barangay elections and allow him simply to appoint or designate barangay officials, particularly, kapitans! They know too well that their constituents have…
The politics of bishops and Holy Bible By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE PUNCH was in receipt of a media advisory informing us that Vice President Leni Robredo will be the graduation speaker of graduating seminarians of Mary Help of Christians on March 25 (last Saturday), and of all places,…
Death penalty is OK – God By Ermin Garcia Jr. FOR decades and since I attended classes in Theology at the Ateneo, I have deliberately shunned situations that would draw me in and join debates on religious issues. I’ve learned that any attempt at debating an interpretation of any…
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