By Leonardo Micua   ​IT is widely understood that flood control projects relating to major rivers draining into the sea fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Despite this public knowledge, critics of Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez have been unfairly targeting her, attempting to…

By Leonardo Micua   BUSINESS tycoon ​Ramon Ang,  chairman of the board and CEO of San Miguel Corporation, has once again made headlines with a dual proposal for Metro Manila. In addition to offering a flood control solution at no cost to local governments, he intends to build a waste-to-energy…

By Leonardo Micua   THE recent actions of Dagupan City’s lone opposition councilor, Librada “Dada” Reyna, have sparked considerable discussions and scrutiny within political circles, particularly given the current composition of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. With an overwhelming “Super Majority” of 11 members allied with Mayor Belen Fernandez, many are questioning…

By Leonardo Micua   WE motored to Manila last Wednesday to pay our last respect to our boss, Ermin F. Garcia Jr., who made THE Sunday PUNCH , the jewel in Pangasinan journalism, just as what his father, Ermin E. Garcia Sr., wished when he founded the paper in 1956….

By Leonardo Micua   TYPHOON “Crising” caught many towns and cities not only in Pangasinan, but also in many parts of Luzon, the islands of Mindoro and Palawan, and some areas in the Visayas by surprise. They did not expect that kind of weather disturbance could trigger prolonged torrential rains that…

By Leonardo Micua    IT will no longer surprise many of us if the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) proceed on December 1 as scheduled. The announcement from the Commission on Elections that it is resuming the registration of new voters for the BSKE in August after postponing it…

By Leonardo Micua   THERE’S a whale of a difference between the present and the past Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan City. Firstly, there is no more dividing line that separates the majority and minority councilors, a first in the city, with an 11-1 composition. In contrast, the past SP was…

By Leonardo Micua   WATCHING the inaugural session of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod on Tuesday – together with media colleagues Eva, Violy and Lina – I cannot imagine from my seat how Councilor Dada Reyna, as the lone opposition in the city council dominated by the allies of Mayor Belen…

By Leonardo Micua   THOUGH I wore a MAGA (Make America Great Again) baseball cap gifted by our Los Angeles City-based correspondent Leonie Galvez on some occasions, I must admit I was not really a Donald  Trump fan. Well, not until he recently brokered what seemed to be a total…

By Leonardo Micua   AS I was writing this piece, breaking news from CNN came on TV about President Donald Trump reviewing an Iran attack plan and holding off for now. Many lives have been lost, maimed and decapitated on both the Israeli and Iranian sides since the war between…