“Leo, ikaw na!” By Ermin Garcia Jr. LEO Angeles, a Dagupan-Lingayen home-grown guy and a para-legal employee of a law firm in Manila, has “arrived”! He did what many others would not dare do – to be counted as the man who filed a complaint against Dagupan Mayor Benjie Lim…
The PUNCH’s marketing director By Ermin Garcia Jr. FINALLY, my favorite chief exec, Mayor Benjie Lim, surfaced to react to the reported news about his (and his friend Mr. Jose Mariano Cuña) being charged before the Ombudsman for the alleged anomaly in his 2001 Awai land deal. But I was…
Ombudsman will investigate BSL deals By Ermin Garcia Jr. FINALLY it can be told. The Ombudsman will soon be knocking at the doors of the city hall to start its investigation of reported anomalies. There are now two cases (one by an anonymous complainant and the other by Mr. Leo…
Who’s afraid of the Ombudsman? HERE are two recent interesting news items that should interest all mayors, particularly Dagupan Mayor Benjie Lim, his new set of onor-onors in the sanggunian, department heads and the private individuals who knowingly collaborated or will collaborate to defraud the city. News: 1) Ombudsman files…
Missing: BSL‘s kamay na bakal By Ermin Garcia Jr. I laud Mayor Benjie Lim for visibly trying to get the community to rise and join the fight against illegal drugs. But I am afraid it’s really all for show and little else but to cover up his administration’s ineptness. His…
Unresolved issues By Ermin Garcia Jr. NOW that the Ombudsman has received a complaint from a “concerned citizen” against Dagupan Mayor Benjie Lim for the noted anomalies in his office, the city can move on to resolve other reported irregularities involving the mayor’s office. By the new Ombudsman’s standards, soon,…
And then there was Mighty 5 By Ermin Garcia Jr. IT’S heartening to note that two members of the Judas 5 are beginning to come around for the city. Councilors Karlos Reyna and Alvin Coquia turned in their onor-onor badges when the opportunity arose for them to redeem their lost…
The P1.5 M question By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE opinion of DILG’s Legal Service Director Jesus Doque IV finding the city council resolution that was hastily passed in a special session called by Mayor Benjie Lim last April 20 as infirmed from the very beginning must have made the faces…
Finally, a complainant vs. BSL et al.? By Ermin Garcia Jr. HERE’S an interesting text reaction to our headline news last week. “I do not understand why Belen Fernandez allows Benjie Lim to continue with what Belen claims as wrong doings of the Mayor. If Belen is serious with her…
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