By Leonardo Micua   NO other Dagupeno is more deserving of the highest Pinablin Dagupeno Award given during the culmination of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Dagupan City on June 19, than former five-time Speaker Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. Now 87 years old and a legend of his own, JdV…

By Leonardo Micua   IT no longer surprised me and, of course, many others, why the Department of Budget and Management declared the 2023 annual budget of Dagupan “inoperative in its entirety.” It is because, it’s no secret that the passage of the city budget by the majority in the…

By Leonardo Micua   AFTER the flag ceremony at the city plaza last June 5, Mayor Belen Fernandez rushed to Manila to receive the Pasidungog Award for the city of Dagupan from the Office of Vice President Sara Duterte at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza. The mayor tagged along to Manila…

By Leonardo Micua GIVEN the gravity of the drug problem today as gleaned from the warning of DILG that more than 400 of our incumbent barangay officials are involved in illegal drugs, and a few law enforcers are possibly in cahoots with the drug lords, what is the seven-man majority…

By Leoanrdo Micua   WATCHING and listening to Senator Ronald de la Rosa speaking out on YouTube against  those involved in the pilferage of 990 kilograms of shabu worth P6.7 billion, we got the impression that the drug problem in the country today still lingers, and with greater impunity despite the…

By Leonardo Micua   IF there is one upcoming project in Dagupan that should be given its due course, it is the flood mitigation project in the flood-prone intersection of A.B. Fernandez Avenue, Arellano Street and M.H. del Pilar Street. A project of the DPWH at the request of the…

By Leonardo Micua   THE intense summer heat in Pangasinan daily, not lower than 40 degrees Celsius, is indeed, taking a toll on the energy of most of our public official. They make excuses to take a break from their work and jet-set to colder countries on government time. First,…

By Leonardo Micua   WITH only a week before the Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) meet finally unfurls in San Carlos City on May 14 to 19, defending back-to-back champion Dagupan City, remains a doubtful starter. Dagupan athletes still doubt at this point whether they will have uniforms to wear…

By Leonardo Micua   WHILE Pangasinan sizzles with a heat index of 42 to 46 degrees celsius, among the highest if not the highest in the entire country, it is not good to hear that most, if not all, of the provincial board members, plus some department heads and special…

By Leonardo Micua   YOU must have noticed that the ongoing 2023 Dagupan Bangus Festival is being held and actually now about to reach its climax, without the usual baratillo and a food strip that were always seen in past editions of this yearly festivity. This time, Mayor Fernandez does…