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by Jesus Garcia

March 27, 2023 in Punchline

No moral courage?

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE unprecedented move of Mayor Belen Fernandez appearing before the committee of finance and appropriations t where the 7 epaLiFes hold sway, to defend the annual budget got an immediate, predictable response! They demanded the presence of the all the department heads in the next…
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March 20, 2023 in Punchline

No end to arrogance

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   WITHOUT a doubt, the rules and jurisprudence cited by the DILG opinion against the illegal acts of the 7 EpaLiFes earned for themselves a despicable legacy they who brazenly violated all basic decent rules in local governance over an eight-month period to promote their hideous…
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March 12, 2023 in Punchline

7 EpaLiFes knocked out on 9th round

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THERE you have it. DILG dealt the ‘Sunday Punch’ (Merriam-Wester: A powerful devastating blow) knockout on the 7epaLiFes at the Sangguniang Panlungsod on the 9th round (month)! The glory days of the 7 EpaLiFes are definitely over. Whether they like it or not, the legal…
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March 5, 2023 in Punchline

“And now, the end is near…”

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   AS I recall how Frank Sinatra’s enduring “My Way” song that begins with  – “ And now, the end is near…” I cannot but feel that no other line in that song would best describe the scenario for the 7epaLiFes’ short-lived power play to heir…
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February 27, 2023 in Punchline

P6-B project loan = P1.2-B in kickbacks

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   PANGASINENSES will finally see their non-working governor at work with the expected windfall of infrastructure projects that will be funded by the P6,000,000,000. loan with Land Bank! Guv Mon-Mon Guico will no longer be seen only signing memorandums of agreements but physically inspecting the 1)…
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