Pangasinan’s stake in Bangsamoro Law By Ermin Garcia Jr.   TO many of us in Luzon, particularly in Pangasinan, the fate of the Basic Bangsamoro Law (BBL) may appear to be irrelevant and, therefore, we are not the least interested nor concerned how it evolves. That may be true if…

BCS, shades of Hacienda Binay? By Ermin Garcia Jr.     IF you care to ask a grade school kid “How’s school?”, he or she will likely say: “Nothing great… a school is a school! Ugh!” But if you ask a parent or a teacher in Bayambang, whose kids or pupils…

Good things happened By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THERE were two significant events that put Dagupan City in the limelight last week deservedly. The first was the appearance of Mayor Belen Fernandez as a presentation speaker at the 6th Global Conference of the Alliance of Healthy Cities sponsored by WHO…

Surprise indictment By Ermin Garcia Jr.   FRANKLY, the news out of the Ombudsman’s office indicting Guv Spines and Administrator Raffy Baraan floored me, for that meant a delay or worse the cancellation of the golf course project in Lingayen that I know will certainly attract more domestic and Asian…

Another “wrong mistake” By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE PNP’s decision to finally lift the suspension of the permit to carry outside of residence (PTCFOR) can only be viewed as a correction of a “wrong mistake” of the PNP leadership ordering the suspension, and therefore, welcomed. The suspension was evidently…

LTO’s insider-fixers By Ermin Garcia Jr.   “NO fixers allowed inside this office” that’s the sign posted outside the Land Transportation Office Dagupan District. I surmise the same is posted in other districts in Pangasinan because the intent for pubic consumption is clear – to protect the public and stop…

Jai-teng rides on By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE provincial board was obviously so impressed with the presentation of the P/Sr. Supt. Reynado Biay, provincial police OIC, that the members were profuse in expressing their support for the police, which should be the case. But there was something amiss about…

A mission for Abono and Sinag By Ermin Grcia Jr.   READ this news item that was published in a daily broadsheet:             “The Department of Agriculture said Sunday typhoon Mario and Luis, which struck a week earlier, cost the Philippines P1.14 billion in farm output.            The department said…

Investigating Mayor Belen By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE legal tussle and psy-war over the controversial sale of the MC Adore properties rages on. But this time, it took a different and surprisingly, a comical route. The camp of the Amb ALC Holding and Management, pretending to be waving the…