Golfer Spines vs. politicos By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE brouhaha over the “mining” issue at the eco-tourism zone is nothing but that – a brouhaha! From where I am perched, the zone is being mined (not merely a pun but a fact) by those who are desperate for political brownie…
Another “Hoodlum in Robe”? By Ermin Garcia Jr. REMEMBER the first time when then President Erap Estrada traced the roots of corruption, injustice and poverty, and pointed to the “hoodlums in robes” as the culprits? Veteran lawyers across the country chuckled at that colorful imagery conceding that they have met…
BSL humiliates the Mighty 8 By Ermin Garcia Jr. IF the Mighty 8 in the Dagupan sanggunian still cannot see it, the recently uncovered plot of Mayor Benjie Lim’s office to deceive, mislead and humiliate them says it all. This time, the mayor pushed the envelope further by making his…
Doing a Duterte in Dagupan By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE frustration of Dagupan police chief Romeo Caramat over the conduct of his campaign against drug dealers in the city is understandable. He is not gaining the upper hand, worse, the community in Sitio Silongan, in Bonuan Binloc is not…
The entrepreneur vs. the value-engineer By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE suggestion of former Speaker Joe de V to privatize the Seafood Processing Plant is, indeed, the most viable option for this valuable resource. I have long maintained that neither the city government nor a government agency should operate and manage…
Work ethic By Ermin Garcia Jr. LEST I am misunderstood, my recent items on the rampant plagiarism that afflicted both print media practitioners and teachers in the province were prompted by a need to make the ill-advised professionals realize that work ethic is primordial in the practice of a…
Teachers as plagiarists? By Ermin Garcia Jr. AFTER my last week’s item about the inclination of some local papers to resort to plagiarism to fill their empty editorial spaces, I had hoped that those whom we named randomly would quickly reform but to our dismay, it wasn’t to be.
P1.791M for one hospital bed By Ermin Garcia Jr. NO purpose, rhyme or reason can ever justify the proposed P43 million budget for the planned 24-bed maternal hospital by the Lim administration. It certainly doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that to provide hospital beds at the cost of…
Is the mayor protecting the syndicate? By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPAN City Mayor Benjie Lim and his administrator Vlad Mata can cry a river disclaiming any knowledge or participation in the sale of public land and issuance of waivers to businessmen along the beachfront along Bonuan Binloc but…
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