The killing of Ermin Sr. By Ermin Garcia Jr. LAST Friday, May 20, 2016, marked the 50th death anniversary of my father, Ermin Sr., the founding editor-publisher of Sunday PUNCH. Those who had developed the habit of reading the paper in the 60s do remember what happened on that…
Civility and statesmanship By Ermin Garcia Jr. IT is encouraging to note that despite all the fears that the anticipated tight and emotional contest between the Espinos and the Cojuangcos would end up in rough and tumble situations, it was peaceful and quiet in the frontline! We have to…
Why Duterte-Cayetano By Ermin Garcia Jr. UNTIL last Friday, friends continued to ask me if I had changed my preference for Davao Mayor Duterte and Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano as my candidates for president and vice president, respectively. My answer: I have not! “Why not?” was the common question…
A plagiarist at the city hall By Ermin Garcia Jr. SOMETHING very wrong is happening at the Dagupan City Hall. I am in receipt of two pictures of an art illustration that points to a potential case of theft of intellectual property or plagiarism by someone who claims to…
Why candidates don’t fear Comelec By Ermin Garcia Jr. WE continue to see our surroundings literally vandalized by thousands of pieces of posters, particularly oversized posters and billboards. One can only wonder what the local Comelec officials feel when they see all these rampant violations of Sec. 21- 22…
Think presidential tandem voting By Ermin Garcia Jr. BLOCK voting is desirable for our country principally because it places accountability on political parties or groups. While block voting was never adopted in our election laws, the practice served us well in the past, particularly when we still had the…
Disqualified for illegal postering? By Ermin Garcia Jr. MANY of the local candidates whose posters and billboards were dismantled, torn and pulled down by Comelec last week may not still be losing sleep even knowing that they already saw at least more than P200,000 in printing costs of paper,…
Meet Mr. Know-It-All By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERE is a ‘know-it-all’ character at the Dagupan City hall who styles himself as a volunteer public servant with a lot of clout, a claim he vigorously attests to over the radio with the help of friendly broadcasters. When one is a…
Hoodlum judge’s incompetence exposed By Ermin Garcia Jr. JUST when I thought I’ve finally seen the end of the scandalous account of the “copy-paste” decision-making process of our notorious hoodlum judge after that obnoxious and illogical preliminary injunction issued in the case of a farmer-landowner vs. a landgrabbing squatter,…
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