By Ermin Garcia Jr. HERE’S one clear example of hypocrisy of the 7 epaLiFes. Dagupan City Councilor Irene Lim-Acosta, delivered her privilege speech last October 17, mainly with her question: “Saan kilala ang Dagupan?” and her proposition to quote: “Our vow is to do what is legal and shun…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPEÑOS should not miss to view Sangguniang Panlungsod’s official video recording of the shameless account of the October 9 regular session. It showed members of the majority bloc literally losing it as they desperately tried to manipulate the annulment of the 2023 annual budget that…
The worst of the worst kind
By Ermin Garcia Jr. NOTHING can change the fact that the seven-majority members at the Dagupan sanggunian lost in their gamble in forcing the Belen Fernandez administration to give in to their initial demand for more fund allocations under the guise of ’10 job order employees at P10,000 per’…
Worst scenario: P1.3B reenacted budget in 2024
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE 7epaLiFes fumbled one time-big time. Big time because they always thought they can never go wrong. Well, they did! And one-time, because the consequences are irreversible. Bottom line: The majority bloc lost its single most important hostage since they marched inside the session hall…
‘One-time, big-time’ fumbling
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE AGUILA alliance (Guico-Lambino-Cojuangco) is showing signs of dissolution. Ok, to the ladies and gentlemen closely following politics at the provincial level – place your bets! The indications are, it will break. But in politics, division and subtraction are hardly employed. In any given political…
Who is lying? Guv or Cong?
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THAT’S the battle cry of the Belen Fernandez administration to rally sectors affected by the lost support and benefits that her 2023 annual budget promised after the 7 epaLiFes (majority in SP) engineered to deprive them of these. Mayor Belen urges her supporters, ILABAN SU BALEY!…
ILABAN SU BALEY! (Fight for the city!)
By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHO says there are no illegal fish pens in Dagupan City? The elected city officials. They know there is an elephant in the room but no one seems to see it. I refer to the thousands of illegal fish pens already operating in and around…
See nothing, hear nothing, do nothing
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IF you are wondering why the activities of the seven notorious epaLiFes who claim to be dedicated public servants (Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia, Celia Lim, Dada Reyna-Macalanda, Alfie Fernandez, Alvin Coquia, Irene Lim-Acosta and Marilou Fernandez) continue to hug The PUNCH headlines, here’s why – It…
Simply idiotic
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE 7 epaLiFes are at it again, this time obstructing and demonizing the ongoing road and drainage elevation project, a major program of the DPWH in Dagupan City funded by the national government, all because it is being implemented during the Belen Fernandez administration. The…
Another “foot-in-mouth” virus infection
By Ermin Garcia Jr. OUR frontpage drone photo shows a small area of continued operations of more than thousands of illegal fish pens in and around the city’s island barangays! I bet only a few are aware that the continued operations of these point to the massive corruption and…