The Non-Stop Train to corruption By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE closely guarded secret scams perpetrated by the Lim administration to milk the city are slowly but surely being fished out of the files. The latest to be uncovered is the payroll-padding racket victimizing not only the city but hundreds…

Who needs the SK? By Ermin Garcia Jr.   WHY isn’t anyone surprised that city and town councils are opposing the proposed move to abolish the sanggunian kabataan (SK)? Over the years, the LGU sanggunians have learned to adopt one useful purpose for the SK representation in the council –…

It’s about accountability By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE nauseating stench at the Dagupan City Hall continues to seep out of the many rat holes that have since characterized offices where deals were made to milk the city over the past three years. Finally, documents showing official cover-up of the…

The PUNCH on its 57th year By Ermin Garcia Jr.   BELIEVE it! Your SUNDAY PUNCH is already marking its 57th year of continued publication and service to Pangasinenses around the globe this month! As I looked back in time appreciating how The PUNCH started and fared since 1956, I…

Wanted: True reformists By Ermin Garcia Jr.   FINALLY, many see the light at the end of the tunnel for Dagupan and the province…the assumption of the mayoralty office by Ms. Belen T. Fernandez boosted by the reelection of Cong. Gina de V, and the reelection of Guv Spines! The long,…

More horror stories at the city hall By Ermin Garcia Jr.   HERE are more newly discovered horror stories at the Dagupan City hall under the stewardship of Mayor Benjie Lim to date. Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez was belatedly advised by Dr. Leonard Carbonell that the city health office has…

Quo vadis, Binloc? By Ermin Garcia Jr.   SEC. BEBOT Villar certainly minced no words, calling a spade a spade, lambasting the barangay leadership of Bonuan Binloc when he delivered the keynote address during the Independence Day celebration in Dagupan City. In his usual ”Deretsahan” manner (read his column), he…

Saboteurs By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THERE are strong indications that there are efforts to sabotage the remaining days of the Lim administration in Dagupan City under the watch of Vice Mayor (and mayor-elect) Belen Fernandez. The attempt to completely destroy the Daongan ed Dawel as a tourist attraction is…

Accountabilities of Vlad Mata and Tony Uy By Ermin Garcia Jr.   FIRST the good news. The evidence of technical malversation of public funds and corruption by the Lim administration is already piling up so fast and so high in just over a two-week period since Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez…

RR’s Salat-Salat campaign By Ermin Garcia Jr.   NOT a few have offered their own five centavos worth of speculations on why Dagupan’s Mayor Benjie Lim failed in his quest for his reelection…and what perhaps caused his massive brain hemorrhage. Some attributed it to reported desertions by kapitans from his…