By Ermin Garcia Jr.   WHAT a revelation that was by LTFRB when it unwittingly admitted that its policy compelling provincial buses operating in the central and northern Luzon to use the North Luzon Express Terminal exclusively (and not the bus companies own terminals), during the Question Hour of the…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   IF the Lim administration in Dagupan City is still looking for ways to give meaning to its “Shared Responsibility,” it should look no further. The “P10K Ayuda, Ang Pag-asa” and “Sari-sari community Store”, the two advocacies of former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, are about…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   The PUNCH’s celebration of its 65th year of publishing and circulation is a significant milestone because it provides a ready journal of how cities and towns developed economically and culturally over 6 decades, who and which local politicians and political era made a deep impact…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   IT looks like the 2019 election campaign of Mayor Brian Lim is going to boomerang in 2022. He urged voters to vote then for him if they want to stop the flooding in their streets and homes by changing the mayor (then re-electionist Belen Fernandez)….

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE last days of the mandatory wearing of face shields appears to be inevitable. Last week, DOH Usec. Leopoldo Vega, backed by DOH Sec. Francisco Duque III, preempted  the IATF on the issue by stating that wearing of face shields will no longer be required…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   EVERY week, we get a mouthful of data and statistics on the status of contagion of COVID-19 in the province. While there is reason for the health authorities in Pangasinan, particularly by the Provincial Health Office, to believe that the situation is well under control,…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   AS more residents are taking to biking not only as means for short travels in and around towns and cities but as a lifestyle, something very worrisome is looming ahead. It’s about the absence of conduct, rules and ordinances on the roads and highways for…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   OUR editorial this week discussed hard lessons to be learned from recent updates:  1. How and why the Covid pandemic recently affected Singapore and Taiwan – the two places in Asia considered success stories in the war vs Covid, but were suddenly reported to have…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE son has learned from the father – how to fast track a self-serving agenda with dubious interests, specifically of the pecuniary kind. On the other hand, today’s councilors didn’t learn how the Dagupan City had its share of traitorous Judases in favor of the…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   WITH just less than a year before 2022 elections, Dagupan Mayor Brian Lim is proposing another dangerous proposition that will likely further slowdown, if not completely push back the development of Dagupan City with widespread corruption in the city hall. Recall that when Mayor Lim…