May 5, 2025 in Punchline

More unliperwisyo from epaLIFE?

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE epaLIFE team led by the Lim mother (Celia) – son (Brian) – daughter (Irene) seeking elective posts in Dagupan City is truly living up to its name as a barkada in this campaign. See its members strut their wares laced with their usual arrogance…
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April 29, 2025 in Punchline

Meet Ermin Erfe Garcia

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   TO commemorate the 104th birthday of my late father, our founder editor-publisher, on April 25, and to allow PUNCH readers a chance to know a tidbit of his personal life, I’m reposting here an interview of him recorded by the late Fr. Arsenio Jesena, S.J.…
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April 21, 2025 in Punchline

Lim Mother-son-daughter politics

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   ON hearing and watching ex-mayor Brian Lim constantly blasting Belen Fernandez administration for its “failed” governance, many wonder why son Brian filed for the vice mayoralty post and not for the mayoralty post. Why was mother Celia made to file for the mayoralty post when…
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April 14, 2025 in Punchline

More lies and deception from LIFE team

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE LIFE team of the Lim mother-son in Dagupan City recently held a grand presscon for another set of lies and deception for public consumption apparently organized by ex-Mayor Brian Lim, who is vying for the vice-mayoralty post in Dagupan City. Curiously, it’s his mother,…
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April 7, 2025 in Punchline

Mayor Belen’s political will

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   DAGUPEÑOS should thank their stars that it was Mayor Belen Fernandez who won the 2022 elections over former Mayor Brian Lim, and not the other way around like when the latter dislodged the reelectionist Fernandez in 2019. After listening to and reading the endless rants…
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