By Leonardo Micua ON hearing a report that circulated in the capitol that no less than DILG Director Jonathan Lausen Jr. advised Mayor Julio Parayno III to comply with his suspension, DWIZ Station Manager Orly Navarro and I rushed to Urdaneta City Wednesday afternoon to confirm the information. We…
By Leonardo Micua AFTER 215 House representatives endorsed the fourth impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte on the last day of their session, the first to third complaints are now moot and academic. The complaint reached the Senate, which will serve as an impeachment court, on the same…
The trial of VP Sara
By Leonardo Micua IT remains a puzzle who uploaded the fake news that former Governor Pogi Espino has withdrawn from the race after supposedly being appointed interim secretary of the Presidential Communications Office, which Espino himself flatly denied. The same fake news claimed that Espino’s running mate, former Dasol Mayor Noel…
Peddling fake news
By Leonardo Micua ONE of my favorite senatorial candidates, second only to former Senator Ping Lacson, is former Ilocos Sur Governor Luis Chavit Singson who has withdrawn from the race, citing his failing health as his reason. Like former Senator Ping, Manong Chavit is a pragmatic politician who calls a…
Chavit chooses his battle
By Leonardo Micua DESPITE the mammoth peace rally staged by the Iglesia Ni Cristo in support of the statement of PBBM that an impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte will only promote disunity and not give a single benefit to Filipinos, the Quad Com of Congress is continuing its investigation…
Politics at the INC ‘peace’ rally
By Leonardo Micua URDANETA Mayor Julio Parayno III was suspended again, not by the provincial capitol this time but through an order from Malacañang. His cousin, Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno, was also suspended along with him. I don’t think politics has anything to do with their suspension, but certainly…
Urdaneta’s Paraynos suspended
By Leonardo Micua THE biggest political issue in Dagupan in 2024 that impacted on the city and its people was the 60-day preventive suspension of three opposition councilors by the Office of the President. The case stemmed from a complaint filed for their behavior unbecoming of elected public officials…
2024: A year of suspensions
By Leonardo Micua JUST before Christmas, I received a video recording that caught Gov. Mon-mon Guico in a furious mood while he was dressing down in no uncertain terms his audience that was composed of Municipal Health Officers (MHOs) and Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) in a presumably well-attended public meeting at…
The failure of the GuiConsulta
By Leonardo Micua MEMBERS of the new minority in the Dagupan city council again headed to the exit door in their last regular session for the year, again opting not to participate in healthy parliamentary debates with their counterparts in the new majority. This has become their routine since November…
Dereliction of duty by opposition councilors
By Leonardo Micua WITH all those hard as granite accusations thrown at VP Sara Duterte, an ordinary human being would have easily crashed and crumbled. But not the VP. She’s fighting back with steel-like nerves and a heart of stone, and despite her bruises, if you can call it that, is…