CHR’s Wilhelm doing the province proud By Ermin Garcia Jr. As charges of brazen violation of human rights fly all across the nation, there is one unsung courageous man from Pangasinan doing a yeoman’s job upholding, protecting and defending human rights in the country. Human Rights Commissioner Wilhelm Soriano of…
Lomibao’s “Strike-One” policy By Ermin Garcia Jr. In 2005, Chief PNP Arturo Lomibao had warned police officials across the country about his “Strike-One-and-You-Are-Out” policy in the campaign against jueteng. That sent some shivers down the spines of the “jueteng-protectors” in the pockets of the jueteng lords. I honestly thought it…
Public perception kills By Ermin Garcia Jr. The more the city hall bureaucrats try to pooh-pooh the presence of coliform bacteria in Dagupan City’s rivers, the more ridiculous they sound. Instead of alerting the community about the risks and what can be done to contain if not eliminate it completely,…
Coliform bacteria breakfast for city hall? By Ermin Garcia Jr. Finally, the office of Mayor Benjie Lim issued a leveled statement minus the hysterics of his sycophants, to state and clarify its position in connection with the February 13 findings of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on the…
Mayor Benjie Lim’s threat By Ermin Garcia Jr. READ the indignant reaction of a piqued Dagupan City Mayor Benjie Lim to two of PUNCH’s stories in last issue before you read this item to understand the context. *** So, here’s my take on his reaction. 1. The PUNCH published the…
The other ‘death penalty’ By Ermin Garcia Jr. I can’t agree more with the indefatigable Archbishop Oscar Cruz. His reaction to President Arroyo’s wholesale commutation of death sentences of convicted felons to life imprisonment rings true. Indeed, the state cannot remove what it has not given, and furthermore, life imprisonment…
The pork barrel and the Parliament By Ermin Garcia Jr. ANOTHER Holy Week came and went. Those who religiously visited their respective parish churches and others, surely had another opportunity to watch the mega-hypocrites among our politicians doing their bit of “atonement” …for not having stolen more from the government…
Sammy Samson, a Pangasinan icon By Ermin Garcia Jr. Pangasinan lost another icon in the field of education in the person of Dr. Luis F. Samson. Between him and Dr. Blas F. Rayos of the Dagupan Colleges (now University of Pangasinan), I would not be exaggerating if I say that…
A monthly payola for the Onor-onors By Ermin Garcia Jr. The stoppage of jueteng in Pangasinan is obviously hurting a lot of the local government officials here. There have been attempts to railroad the revival of the Small Town Lottery in many parts of the province but there is this…
Rotary’s Five Way Test By Ermin Garcia Jr. Anent my item last issue about Rotarians and their fellow Rotarian Joc-joc Bolante, Rotarian Jun Velasco of the Rotary Club of Metro-Cubao informed me that his club was among the first to manifest its disappointment over the flight of Rtn, Joc-joc, away…
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