Make LGUs accountable for ASF THE irresponsible and unscrupulous action of hog trader Roger Erpelo that led to the first case of African Swine Fever infection of hogs in Mapandan town resulted in losses of thousands worth of investments of families in backyard hog-raising. It was clearly a case of …

Mayor, it’s about public accountability DAGUPENOS do wait for their mayor to report on his first 100 days (and every month thereafter). His opening statement was worrisome. “When I was told we had to prepare for a first one hundred days speech, the first question I asked was “Do we…

Are barangays, SK not important? FOR the umpteenth time, Congress is again finding a reason to postpone elections of barangay (and Sangguniang Kabataan) despite what is mandated in our Constitution. It is bad enough that barangay officials are not being held accountable for many known irregularities in the handling of…

Illegal fish pens are back in Dagupan City AFTER six tireless years of the Belen Fernandez administration’s efforts to clear the city’s tributaries of illegal fish pens that proliferated before 2013, the illegal fish pens are back with a vengeance in gross violation of the city’s fishing ordinance. It has…

Fake news on African Swine Flu IN case you’re are not aware, there is a domino effect on the local economy being caused by the fake news about the African Swine Flu. Start with our situation. Households continue to resist eating  pork. Why? Obviously because the ASF scare is still…