Battle Royale By Leonardo Micua AS of Friday, October 12, both Governor Amado Espino III and Alaminos City Mayor Arthur Celeste, probably the only protagonists in the gubernatorial race in next year’s election, still kept their respective cards close to their chests by refusing to divulge their respective running-mates. When asked by newsmen in an […]
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Mocha Uson By Leonardo Micua PCOO Undersecretary Mocha Uson just proved she’s a lot smarter than her critics, including a few (tsk, tsk, tsk) even from her own office, when she announced her resignation in the middle of the hearing on PCOO’s 2019 budget at the Senate. To me, the resignation of Mocha, who is from Dagupan and […]
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Preview of political battles in 2019 By Leonardo Micua TWO weeks before the start of filing of certificates of candidacy by aspirants for elective positions in the May elections, my hunch is Alaminos City Mayor Arthur Celeste will square off with reelectionist Governor Amado Espino III come May 2019 elections. And the word from […]
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Mining ban beneficial to Pangasinan By Leonardo Micua TH prevalence of illegal mining activities in Benguet, which was exposed bare by the recent disaster that struck a mining community in Itogon where 50 people were buried alive and 50 others are still missing, should serve as alarm bells to our residents in the province experiencing recurrent floods. […]
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Everyone moving but the bashers By Leonardo Micua THERE was a lull Thursday morning before the full might of Super Typhoon “Ompong” struck us in Northern Luzon or just few hours before our deadline. Although it rained a little the night before, making the surrounding areas still wet, it was a perfect day I […]
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Climate change can’t be politicized By Leonardo Micua THE video footage on Facebook about the horrific flood in Osaka, Japan as a result of Typhoon Jebi, as well as the item in PDI about Bangkok, Thailand being under siege from the onslaught of the environment with a dire prediction it can be partly submerged in about […]
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1st…2nd…3rd…Ultimatum By Leonardo Micua WHEN is an ultimatum really an ultimatum? We ask this question because we find the ultimatum given by the city council of Dagupan to two bus companies operating in the city to iron out their differences is seemingly open-ended, with no end in sight. Time and again, the SP extended the […]
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Implications of persona non grata declaration By Leonardo Micua THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan may be liable under the law by declaring officials of the Speed Gaming Inc., who are all citizens of Pangasinan, as persona non grata in the light of definition I searched on Wikipedia of what the term “persona non grata” really means. […]
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Causes of flooding in Dagupan By Leonardo Micua FOR those who do not know it yet, the Sinocalan River, which is the source of bane for Dagupan every rainy season, is a body of water whose fountainhead can be found at Mt. Ampucao in Tuba, Benguet. Water springing out from the fountain head flows […]
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Farewell, Mayor Al By Leonardo Micua AS a budding journalist in the in the 70s, who at that time was still finding his way in the city, I first met Mayor Al when he was yet running for councilor in 1971 under the Liberal Party whose candidates for mayor was ex-Mayor Liberato Reyna Sr. and the […]