The Lims’ privacy By Ermin Garcia Jr. “THANKFULLY, his (Mayor Benjamin Lim’s) condition was stabilized and he was transferred to a Manila hospital for further treatment.” These were the words of Councilor (now Vice Mayor-elect) Brian Lim to refute our earlier announcement that his father had passed away last…
Renouncing friends and a relative By Ermin Garcia Jr. NOT a few have asked me for my secret list of preferred candidates for the senate. So just between us, here’s my secret list divided in two sets: First priority: Alan Cayetano, Jun Magsasay, Koko Pimentel, Dick Gordon, Riza Hontiveros, Cynthia…
Black propaganda via SMS By Ermin Garcia Jr. TEXT messages alleging wrongdoing and illegal activities of candidates are dime a dozen these days. Allegations of foreign citizenship, ill-gotten wealth, frail health, immoral lives, womanizing, violent background, smuggling, drug trafficking and addiction, school drop-out, mental ailment, rape, swindling, etc. are…
BB bingo fun but illegal By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE Benjie-Brian (a.k.a as BB-Bingo Bonanza) bingo games in Dagupan barangays are clearly a violation of election rules. The issue is not about whether it is a parlor game or an illegal gambling game but rather whether the activity is…
Credit the Camba-Fonseca tandem By Ermin Garcia Jr. AT the outset, I wish to thank the two loudspeakers of Dagupan Mayor Benjie Lim, namely Ruel Camba and Joel Fonseca. Without the Camba-Fonseca jukebox tandem, The PUNCH could not have possibly known earlier that not only did the chairmen of…
Overseas kabaleyans as stakeholders By Ermin Garcia Jr. LOCAL candidates should follow the lead of Sen. Alan Cayetano, the re-electionist senator who did the first ever “Google Hang-Out” in the country in an attempt to engage voters overseas in a discussion of vital issues close to their hearts. Google…
The stupid script By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE media lapdogs of Dagupan Mayor Benjie Lim were frothing in the mouth early on trying to exculpate the latter from any responsibility for the foiled attempt to cash in quickly and recklessly on the forthcoming Bangus Festival. They badly wanted the…
Judas 9 on Holy Week By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE unrepentant and incorrigible Judas 9 in the Dagupan City council, many of whom are in the MadiLIM and MakuLIMLIM ticket, tried but failed to reenact Judas’ biblical betrayal of Jesus in observance of the Holy Week. Reminiscent of their…
The truth and lies about the fish pens By Ermin Garcia Jr. FINALLY, one Dagupan city official had the courage to emerge and admit to the truth about the proliferation of illegal fish pens in the city, belying earlier arrogant claims by the camps of Mayor Benjie Lim and…
“To sin in silence….” By Ermin Garcia Jr. GUESS who’s been ominously silent about the sudden proliferation of fish pens in the city’s rivers and its tributaries in Dagupan City? Mayor Benjie Lim and City Agriculturist Emma Molina suddenly lost their tongues but the mayor’s mercenaries masquerading as journalists…
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