By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE epaLiFes, the 7-majority in the Dagupan sanggunian, are already frantically grasping at straws on how to evade responsibility over their plot to reject the proposed 2023 annual budget of Dagupan City and compel the reenactment of the 2022 budget in the next 12 months….
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE 7 epaLiFes at the Dagupan sanggunian, they who believe they are invincible by simply being in the majority, are finally slowly digging their own political graves. They are finally told in their faces by DILG that it is their job to pass the annual…
Dagupan’s 7 epaLiFes, Pozorrubio’s P2.5-B drug bust
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IF the 7 epaLiFes at the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod will have their way, the worst is yet to happen to the city. Now, it can be told – Meet the cold-blooded enemies of the city. They succeeded in torpedoing the programs and activities of Mayor…
Meet the Enemies of the city
By Ermin Garcia Jr. CHEERS TO SUCCESSFUL ANTI-COVID CAMPAIGN. Pangasinenses have a reason to feel blessed as a people. It can be said that we survived the pandemic in 2022 with minimal casualties compared to other populated provinces in the country. And we must give credit to where it…
Cheers and Boos of 2022
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IT’S crunch time for the 7 epaLiFes at the Sangguniang Panlungsod. The setting is set for a showdown between them and the DILG! I say this because the DILG finally came around and warned all the Dagupan City councilors of sanctions if they do not…
Coming soon: Showdown DILG vs. 7 epaLiFes
By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHEN church bells toll on Christmas Eve, I pray that the Dagupan City SP’s 7 epaLiFes – Councilors Red Posadas Erfe-Mejia, Dada Manoais-Reyna Macalanda, Celia Chua Lim, Irene Chua Lim, Alvin Tolentino Coquia, Alfie David Fernandez and Malou Sampaga Fernandez will have the moral courage…
Prayers for Dagupan’s 7 epaLiFes
By Ermin Garcia Jr. NO country in the world can ever beat the Philippines in celebrating Christmas. First of all, it’s the only place on earth that begins to play Christmas carols as early as September (the start of – Ber months)! Then malls and shops begin to mount…
The meaning of giving and sharing for epaLiFes
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE Christmas fever is on… and I hate to be the one to break the holiday mood but some recent worrisome developments in governance can’t be ignored. Duty calls! So allow me…. * * * * The attempt of ex-BM Von Mark Mendoza to usurp…
Guv Guico still acting like a mayor
By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPENOS can stop wondering if Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez is, indeed, acting on the series of anomalies and irregularities her administration discovered along the way. Our headline this week is about how her earlier threats to act on the seeming bias and cover-up of the…
Mayor Belen is on it
By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez never minced words to describe the criminal acts perpetrated by former officials of the Lim administration, from harassment of market vendors, proliferation of illegal fish pens, squandering the scholarship fund of the city, selective distribution of ayuda from the national…