More objections By Ermin Garcia Jr. IT’S just as well that the provincial board deferred approval of its preposterous proposal to compel restaurants and malls to construct a third toilet exclusively for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) ostensibly to allow two board members who failed to attend the…
Legislating comfort rooms By Ermin Garcia Jr. BEFORE we start throwing our punches here, we’re happy to share our happy news – your SUNDAY PUNCH is now 58 years old this month! Note: This column was started by my late father Ermin Sr. with the pen name “Carl O Cohan,” get the…
Mayor Belen, the real “Drugbuster”? By Ermin Garcia Jr. FINALLY, Dagupan has a mayor who is prepared to wage a real war against druglords for the sake of the city’s families whose bonds are threatened everyday by the effects of illegal drugs. Hopefully, with Mayor Belen Fernandez finally donning…
Friendly “texts” to hitmen By Ermin Garcia Jr. NO matter how hard I try to see the logic and purpose of the decision of the PNP to suspend the privilege granted licensed firearm holders in Pangasinan to carry their firearms outside their residence, I simply cannot see an iota…
Logical explanations By Ermin Garcia Jr. “LET us prevent it (crimes), but if we cannot, then let us solve it. Otherwise, if we can’t solve it, there must be a logical explanation!” These were the words of Guv Spines when he presided over the last meeting of the Pangasinan…
Cayetano’s fight for the farmers By Ermin Garcia Jr. PANGASINENES have a reason to be mad as hell like Senator Alan Cayetano who has been relentless in speaking out against those who dared steal the billions provided by the PDAF intended mainly to benefit our farmers and their families….
My dream monologue with Mr. ALC By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN our last issue, our Fire Player Gonz Duque recounted how one of the meetings that Mayor Belen Fernandez had with businessman Antonio L. Cabangon Chua proceeded over the sale and ownership of the MC Adore property. At one…
Who will protect Decorp’s customers? By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE PUNCH has not received any response from the Dagupan Electric Corporation to our text query whether it plans to refund overpayments made by its customers for the overstated generation charges made in December 2013 and January 2014. Note that…
What Cabangon Chua wants, he gets? By Ermin Garcia Jr. LAST Tuesday, I was rudely reminded of four things that we need to continuously monitor: Firstly, the Dagupan City government has not recovered the MC Adore whose acquisition by the Amb Alc Holdings and Management is tainted, as ruled…
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