By Leonardo Micua   THOSE who are not concerned about the disappearance of Coca-Cola and its allied products in the shelves of supermarkets and sari-sari stores, we would like to announce we do and it matters to us. This even if we are not a drinker of Coke nor a…

By Leonardo Micua   A deeper and thorough study by government experts is really needed to determine the cause of our flooding in Dagupan City due mostly to tidal flooding and to extreme meteorological factors that cause many rivers to overflow their banks. This is because of the nagging suspicion in…

By Leonardo Micua   NOW it is becoming clearer that there were “flying scholars”, and worst, “ghost scholars” during the past Dagupan City administration, no different from the flying voters that managed to register and vote during the last election. The “flying scholars” were non-residents of Dagupan who were granted…

By Leonardo Micua   OUR province, Pangasinan, derived it name from the world “asin” or salt. Because of this, I could hardly believe that we are already running out of salt and, worse, could no longer supply partly the needs of the whole nation. We used to produce a lot…

By Leonardo Micua IF it’s true that lawmen had been doing a surveillance on the tentacles of a syndicate involved in the P2.5 billion shabu two or three months before it was busted in Pozorrubio on August 12, then such illegal activity could have been in business at the site even…

By Leonardo Micua   IT is understandable that in the exercise of our practice as journalists there are a number of our news subjects who are sensitive to negative reports and criticisms and would do all to discredit us – shoot us. But still many others who are true public…

By Leonardo Micua   NOT many people knew that the high tide that hit Dagupan in mid mornings of August 10 and 11 was influenced by a cosmic phenomenon called “King Tides” felt not only in all the coastal areas in the Philippines but in the whole world without exception….

By Leonardo Micua   A CALL for donation for the earth-quake victims of Abra was posted on Facebook by Mrs. Maan Tuazon-Guico, first lady of Pangasinan. “ABRA NEEDS OUR HELP” she wrote. Indeed, the province of Abra needs everybody’s help. No less than Governor Mon-Mon Guico sent two provincial buses…

By Leonardo Micua   BASED on the presentation of Office of Civil Defense 1 during a virtual presscon on July 28,  a day after the Magnitude 7 earthquake shook Northern Luzon, most of the major damages to infrastructure due to the temblor were concentrated in provinces and cities north and…

By Leonardo Micua DURING the third regular session of the Sangguniang Panglunsod of Dagupan (there was no quorum after the inaugural session), Councilor Jigs Seen broke the ice by delivering a privilege speech directed at the heart of the new majority when he slammed the new  Internal Rules and Procedures (IRP…