No one else but Guv Spines By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE word war between the political family of Garcias of Cebu and the United Nationalist Alliance on one side and the Palace on the other is portent of things to happen in Pangasinan. Note that in both cases of Cebu…

Wishful thinking on Christmas By Ermin Garcia Jr. IF only Christmas had a way of changing the past, I would want to see: Manny Pacquiao rising from a round 6 knockdown, to go on with an 8th round knock out of Juan Marquez. The Catholic Church leaders and legislators happily…

Mayor Orduña’s Catch 22 By Ermin Garcia Jr. LOOKS like Sec. Bebot Villar really had his ears glued to the ground all this time even as he plans daily to combat illegal drugs in his office in Quezon City.  His “Political war is here” column this week was right on…

The latest joke and lie By Ermin Garcia Jr. HAVE you heard the funniest joke and lie going around Dagupan City? Mayor Benjamin S. Lim is an outstanding mayor, a declaration by a pr marketing group! From all appearances, Mayor Lim must have played a nasty joke on a group…

 “Take-no-prisoner” mindset By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE political race in the provincial level is getting to be ugly. We are already beginning to see a “take-no-prisoner” campaign being lodged by the Braganza camp against the Espino administration at the expense of dedicated pubic servants who did their best to serve…

Invisible cops By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE Dagupan police have a lot of explaining to do to the business sector.  Yet I’m afraid no amount of explaining will acquit them because the fact was there was no police visibility in the area 24/7, a fact that obviously was known to…

Metro Plaza + MC Adore By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE stage for the cloak-and-dagger sale of MC Adore is set. The indicators are evident that the Lim administration is not eager to give up an expensive asset of the city for a song just to any Tom, Dick and Harry. …

The Judas 9 struck again! By Ermin Garcia Jr.  THE city of Dagupan is doomed. Until Mayor Benjie Lim and his son Brian, and the majority members of the city sanggunian are stopped in their tracks, the city’s funds, properties and assets will continue to be used exclusively for the…

COA’s anomalous “relationship” By Ermin Garcia Jr. A RECENT report of the Commission on Audit disallowing the disbursement of public funds for fiestas brought to the fore a very anomalous relationship between key city officials in Dagupan that bred, and continues to breed corruption. Aside from the report possibly causing…