Climate change is here By Ermin Garcia Jr. People don’t know what to make out of the most unusual heavy downpours that the country has seen the past weeks. These could hardly be referred to as the welcome cool April showers because these tons of water from the skies caused…
The partylist racket By Ermin Garcia Jr. At the rate things are going in government and politics, plus the recent ruling of the Supreme Court re entitlement of partylists in the House of Representatives, governance in our benighted land has definitely gone haywire. Ever since the Abalos Comelec took over,…
When a ‘word war’ serves a purpose By Ermin Garcia Jr. The protracted word war between the country’s prosecutors and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency was inevitable as was in the case of the ‘Alabang Boys’ case. That the word war did not happen sooner is what should actually surprise…
Jeepney strikes are senseless By Ermin Garcia Jr. The jeepney drivers’ groups that are prone to call a strike to protest everything that puts pressure on their earnings should know that they are way off their targets, and only the drivers and operators end up the losers – losing a…
Injustice By Ermin Garcia Jr. I can understand the desire of Guv Spines to remain diplomatic in his approach in seeking to reverse the sudden DepEd order to reassign the province’s two schools division superintendents, Dr. Armando Aquino (Div.1) and Dr. Alma Ruby Torio (Div. 2). But his approach does…
Who will defy Guv Spines’ order? By Ermin Garcia Jr. While the ghost of the shotgun program still haunts me, I’m beginning to be a true fan of Guv Spines. Honest! His latest directive to the public works and highways office in the province and the police to immediately dismantle…
Sweet vindication By Ermin Garcia Jr. The man who plays with fire weekly is on a roll! Lyceum-Northwestern University president (and PUNCH columnist) Gonz Duque was recently elected national president of the Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA). The first educator from the region to occupy the post. How he will…
The illegal fish pens are back By Ermin Garcia Jr. EARLY this year, Dagupan City Administrator Alvin Fernandez announced that the city will finally rid the city’s rivers of illegal fish pens to help improve the rivers’ sustainability and protect the investments of legitimate fish farmers. The PUNCH even published…
Our drinking water is not safe By Ermin Garcia Jr. For weeks now, the PUNCH has called the attention of the Dagupan City government about the dangers posed by the continued dumping of wastes from the Dagupan District Jail direct to the Tondaligan beach shoreline. For this effort, the PUNCH…
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