Help needed for Cagayan and Isabela By Leonardo Micua BY the skin of the teeth, Pangasinan was again spared by Typhoon Ulysses. Thank God, there was no strong typhoon that struck us and swept us off our feet this year. But Cagayan and Isabela provinces were not as lucky. They were hit by a massive […]
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Issues for SITG Maganes By Leonardo Micua WE join our media colleagues and media organizations in Manila and hereabouts in condemning the brutal slaying of our brother in the profession and townmate Virgilio “Vir” Maganes in the early morning on November 10 in Barangay San Blas, Villasis. At the same time, we mourn his passing and we […]
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A dire warning from SINAG By Leonardo Micua OCCASIONED by the visit to Pangasinan of Agriculture Secretary William Dar last Friday (November 6), there is a dire warning from the Pangasinan-based Samahan ng Industriya at Agrikultura (SINAG) that that it may go to court for failure of DA to implement the quarantine provision of […]
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Prepare for ‘Rolly’ By Leonardo Micua AS typhoon ‘Rolly’ was about to make a landfall in the eastern part of Luzon, it suddenly crossed in my mind that if only typhoons can sweep the coronavirus that had been ailing our nation, we’d rather have the howler return COVID-19 to China where it came from. Of […]
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2020, a wet, pandemic year By Leonardo Micua WE were lucky to be spared by Typhoon Pepito that lashed out in some areas in Regions II and III and IV-A (Quezon). But it’s too early to rejoice. According to PAGASA, there will be from five to eight typhoons more that will visit the country before the year […]
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Inconvenience from contact-tracing protocol By Leonardo Micua FORMER Congressman, now deputy director general of the TESDA (Technical Education Skills and Development Authority) Anecito “John” Bertiz III was a bit late when he graced the program launching of the Skills Solution Training and Assessment Center in Barangay Lucao, Dagupan City Thursday because he had no […]
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“Are we winning the war?” By Leonardo Micua DURING the last virtual session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Fourth District Board Member Agerico Jeremy Rosario did not get a straight answer from provincial IATF senior member Col. Rhodyn Luchinvar Oro, when he asked: “Are we winning the war against COVID-19?” Lamenting that one of their […]
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Greed threatening Dagupan bangus brand By Leonardo Micua UNTIL a delivery truck from Bulacan was caught en flagrante delicto unloading 1,800 kilograms of bangus at the Jose de Venecia Expressway last September 27 some of which were beginning to rot, without an auxiliary invoice from its point of origin nor a transport permit from the […]
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Dagupan has no plans By Leonardo Micua AS can be gleaned from the tally of the Provincial Health Office, the city of Dagupan is in dire trouble because of COVID-19. As of September 25, the city already logged 86 cases and still counting. The most populous barangays—Pantal and Bonuan Gueset—of course, lead in the […]
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Alarming situation in Pangasinan By Leonardo Micua SO, it is not true that COVID-19 is on the way out given our recent experience in Pangasinan. The latest update on COVID-19 cases provided us by the Provincial Health Office through the Provincial Information Office showed there were 157 active cases already registered and are being […]