By Ermin Garcia Jr.   AFTER both Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez and Vice Mayor Bryan Kua agreed to be humiliated and their offices disgraced by the seven councilors in the majority by appearing before their committees to be made accountable, the two city officials will have more humiliating situations…

By Emin Garcia Jr.   LAST week, Sen. Alan Cayetano, who as chairman of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology, urged and reminded both the national and local governments to adopt e-governance “in pursuit of good governance.” He said all efforts to transition the country to e-governance should not…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   YESTERDAY, May 20, our family observed the 57th death anniversary of my father who was killed by a Lingayen politician in 1966. After 5 decades, it’s understandable if people today know little or even remember who “Ermin Erfe Garcia” was. A social encounter in one…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   ACTING-Gov. Mark Lambino was his candid self, explaining the surprise absence of the 11 board members, provincial administrator and provincial assessor and other key provincial officials whose whereabouts were unknown initially until they were tracked in USA, thanks to social media. Mr. Lambino said the…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   PREPOSTEROUS and nonsensical is how the members of the 7 epaLiFes are seen proceeding with their attempts to still appear rational and intelligent after their series of blunders, messing up their political future. For Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia, Celia Lim, Irene Lim-Acosta, Dada Reyna-Macalanda, Alvin Coquia,…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE conflicting views of the Department of Budget and Management and the Department of Interior and Local Government on the “rectifying” ordinance of the 7 epaLiFes must not be left unresolved very long. If left unresolved, the city government and its residents and the members of the…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE minority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod is again being pushed by the seven epaLiFes on the defensive with their latest attack on the established law and rules on lawmaking, compelling it to seek legal opinion from the DILG and DBM if the epaLiFes were…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE Holy Week that passed must have been a stressful and dreadful week for the seven irresponsible councilors of Dagupan City, namely, Redford Erfe-Mejia, Celia Lim, Librada Reyna-Macalanda, Alfie Fernandez, Alvin Coquia and Marilou Fernandez. Judging from their antics, falling all over themselves “to correct…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   WITHOUT any doubt in my mind, the mangled P864.91-M annual budget awarded by the 7 epaLiFes to the Dagupan City government has changed some lives in the city for good. The unprecedented reckless imprudence in legislation and ignorance of the law demonstrated by the arrogant…

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE seven Dagupan City councilors in the majority have, without a doubt, earned their ignominious places in the city’s political history.  For the first time, the city was told by a bunch of arrogant and egoistic legislators that its residents do not deserve any help…