Illegal firecracker manufacturers are smarter By Leonardo Micua BEFORE the new year, policemen in Dagupan and Pangasinan started to crack the whip on the selling of unlabeled firecrackers and pyrotechnics. But their best was simply not enough as the unlabeled firecrackers, especially the banned commodities, slipped past their guard and vendors still managed to sell them […]
Random Thoughts
Random Thoughts
Joe de V’s red birthday bash By Leonardo Micua EVERYBODY wore red, that is from waist up, when former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., the pride of Pangasinan and of the entire Philippines, celebrated his 82nd birthday at the Sampaguita Gardens on Valencia Street in Quezon City last December 26. In case you don’t know […]
Random Thoughts
To VM Brian: Fill in the blanks By Leonardo Micua Merry Christmas to one and all! * * * * READERS, noting the column item of Atty. Gonz in his “Playing with Fire” insinuating or directly telling us that Vice Mayor Brian Lim has no or zero accomplishment in office by leaving items from 1 […]
Random Thoughts
A re-enacted budget is never a problem By Leonardo Micua CONGRESS went on Christmas breakFriday without passing the 2019 general appropriations act, with leaders of the Senate seemed united in asking President Duterte to ignore the recommendation of Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to call for a special session next week to approve the allegedly pork-laden […]
Random Thoughts
An exercise in futility By Leonado Micua IN last session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) minority floor leaderRedford Erfe-Mejia literally trained his guns on his colleagues who did not support him, particularly refusing to support two of the resolutions he filed before the floor. He moved for the passage of the two resolutions one after […]
Random Thoughts
Ongoing systematic vote-buying By Leonardo Micua HERE’s our advice to voters already reached by coordinators of certain candidates already implementing a systematic vote-buying scheme: Accept the cash and still vote for the candidate who you think can do much more for your locality. We are sharing this advice because of reports that some candidates, through […]
Random Thoughts
Solve the Uy murder fast By LeonardoMicua A SPECIAL Investigation Task Group (SITG) was formed by Police Provincial Director Wilson Lopez to gather pieces of evidence that could help unmask and pin down the perpetrator/s, including the mastermind behind the gruesome killing of former Bayambang Councilor Levin Uy and the wounding of his companion. […]
Random Thoughts
Mayor Belen’s investment in the city’s youth By Leonardo Micua IN the annals of Dagupan City, who’s the mayor who devoted more energy, money and time in sports than any other mayors who governed the city? I ask this question after that interaction with Mayor Belen on sports development last November 9 where she […]
Random Thoughts
PhilHealth staff not considered health workers By Leonardo Micua A RECENT decision of the Supreme Court that declared that officers and employees of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) are not public health workers and therefore are not entitled to the privileges granted under the Magna Carta of Public Health Workers was brought to […]
Random Thoughts
Soon, flood gates in Dagupan By Leonardo Micua THE good news is, Typhoon ‘Rosita’ that packed gusty winds of up to 150 kilometers per hour did not generate much rain and exacted only negligible damages in Pangasinan compared to past typhoons like “Ompong”. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) and the […]