By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE weeks that passed had seen a lot of unprecedented political events. There was former President Rodrigo Duterte who locked horns with senators and the notorious QuadComm in the national level, in the provincial level, the escape of provincial officials from the province while Pangasinan…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE suspension of Dagupan epaLiFe Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia, Alfie Fernandez, and Irene Lim-Acosta is plain karma and the direct consequence of their juvenile arrogance. So the 4 epaLiFe Councilors Celia Chua-Lim, Dada Reyna-Macalanda, Alvin Coquia, and Marilou Fernandez, who were perhaps more restrained in the…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   LAST week I wrote about the day our youngest sibling Karina died on November 1, 1963, lifting largely from the letter that our father, Ermin Sr. wrote five days after she died. Below is a continuation of my father’s grief on November 6, a day…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   NOVEMBER 1 is a date that has become sacred to our family. It is the date when our youngest sibling, Karina, died. She drowned off the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan on November 1, 1963. Know that as our mother, Paulita, revealed she overheard Karina telling…

By Ermin Garcia Jr. TWO weeks ago, the newly designated chief of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, P/Col. Rollyfer Capoquian made a declaration that assured Pangasinenses of a police unit that communities could rely on. Mr. Capoquian said he will focus on a mission anchored on “PNP (Pulis ng Pangasinan) Magaling…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE 7 epaLiFes were seen grasping at straws in desperation to escape culpability over the possible loss of the P150 million fund for a Mother and Child Hospital (MCH). They finally and hurriedly passed the required resolution, authorizing Mayor Belen Fernandez to sign a memorandum…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   DAGUPAN’S 7 epaLiFes are already frantic and panic-stricken about their future during the campaign period. They have absolutely nothing to gloat about as their accomplishments as councilors who ruled the city council. In desperation, they made themselves believe that plagiarizing and hi-jacking proposed ordinances crafted…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE arrogance of the 7 epaLiFes in Dagupan City is endless. They maintain that not even the national government can compel them to accept a well-funded project for the benefit of Dagupeños unless and until their self-serving political terms and conditions are met. I even…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   LET’S talk about the ongoing committee hearings on POGO in both Senate and the House of Reps. First, what’s common about them: They’re asking the same questions. (What a waste of time and resources) There is no prior approved motion of any recommended amendment or…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.     ALLOW me to highlight here how the Quad committee formed by House Speaker Martin Romualdez acted as investigator, prosecutor and judge to all its invited resource persons whom they have identified as “persons of interests” initially in hearings on the illegal activities of POGO…