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BSL’s arrogance and hubris By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHAT is it about Dagupan Mayor Benjie Lim that makes him continue to ignore and flout both the judicial system and established rules and systems for...
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Season of political plunder By Ermin Garcia Jr. AS we await the outcome of the initial investigation of the Ombudsman on the basis of the case filed by Bugallon Mayor Ric Orduña against Guv Spines,...
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Meet Ope and Manny By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERER must really be something very wrong and disgusting about the Lim administration in Dagupan for practically the whole lot of respected political families to...
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Dishonest. Shameless. By Ermin Garcia Jr. OUR story on page 1 titled: “Who says MC Adore is only P119 million?” should send Dagupeños on a rage. (If it doesn’t I don’t know what will). The documents...
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Mayor Lim’s crafty manipulation By Ermin Garcia Jr. WE, in The PUNCH, are certainly inspired and feel fulfilled in our mission to report the truth to Pangasinenses knowing that we are gaining more...
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Remember the Judas 9? By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHAT is the keeping the new majority (Judas 9) in the Dagupan City council busy these days? Dagupeños are beginning to wonder. The city council failed to meet...
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No clarificatory order needed By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN case you haven’t noticed, we are finally seeing glowing reports of successful and seemingly determined efforts to finally clean and clear in Dagupan...
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The fish pens are back! By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN case you haven’t noticed, the once clear and clean Pantal River along the De Venecia Hi-Way in Dagupan Cty is beginning to be blotted again with fish...
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More good than bad news By Ermin Garcia Jr. I DON’T blame Mayor Benjie Lim for endlessly trumpeting the dismissal of the administrative case filed against him. He’s grasping at straws to convince...
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“To sin in silence….” By Ermin Garcia Jr. GUESS who’s been ominously silent about the sudden proliferation of fish pens in the city’s rivers and its tributaries in Dagupan City? Mayor Benjie Lim and...
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The truth and lies about the fish pens By Ermin Garcia Jr. FINALLY, one Dagupan city official had the courage to emerge and admit to the truth about the proliferation of illegal fish pens in the...
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Judas 9 on Holy Week By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE unrepentant and incorrigible Judas 9 in the Dagupan City council, many of whom are in the MadiLIM and MakuLIMLIM ticket, tried but failed to reenact...
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The stupid script By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE media lapdogs of Dagupan Mayor Benjie Lim were frothing in the mouth early on trying to exculpate the latter from any responsibility for the foiled attempt...
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Overseas kabaleyans as stakeholders By Ermin Garcia Jr. LOCAL candidates should follow the lead of Sen. Alan Cayetano, the re-electionist senator who did the first ever “Google Hang-Out” in the...
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Credit the Camba-Fonseca tandem By Ermin Garcia Jr. AT the outset, I wish to thank the two loudspeakers of Dagupan Mayor Benjie Lim, namely Ruel Camba and Joel Fonseca. Without the Camba-Fonseca...
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BB bingo fun but illegal By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE Benjie-Brian (a.k.a as BB-Bingo Bonanza) bingo games in Dagupan barangays are clearly a violation of election rules. The issue is not about whether it...
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Black propaganda via SMS By Ermin Garcia Jr. TEXT messages alleging wrongdoing and illegal activities of candidates are dime a dozen these days. Allegations of foreign citizenship, ill-gotten wealth,...
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Renouncing friends and a relative By Ermin Garcia Jr. NOT a few have asked me for my secret list of preferred candidates for the senate. So just between us, here’s my secret list divided in two sets:...
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The Lims’ privacy By Ermin Garcia Jr. “THANKFULLY, his (Mayor Benjamin Lim’s) condition was stabilized and he was transferred to a Manila hospital for further treatment.” These were the words of...
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RR’s Salat-Salat campaign By Ermin Garcia Jr. NOT a few have offered their own five centavos worth of speculations on why Dagupan’s Mayor Benjie Lim failed in his quest for his reelection…and what...
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