Stop constructive dismissal   By Leonardo Micua   IN this issue is an article about an employee holding a second-level position in the Dagupan City government who resisted his reassignment to the Waste Management Division and got the justice that he deserves from the Civil Service Commission. This should encourage…

Legal troubles ahead for Dagupan   By Leonardo Micua  BEFORE our deadline, we heard that Mayor Brian Lim is facing an investigation before the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) for sitting on the request of Sure Global Waste to Worth Innovation Ltd for a statement of support for too long… yes…

Guv Pogi goes full blast for R1AA By Leonardo Micua   THOUGH the Region I Athletic Association (R1AA) meet to be hosted by the Pangasinan 1 School Division was postponed to March 31 till April 7 and about to be postponed anew to a still undetermined date on account of…

Is a POGO unit operating in Pangasinan? By Leonardo Micua THE statement of Pangasinan health officials that there is no person under investigation for 2019 Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease or nCov for short, in the province is truly reassuring if not comforting. Although there are PUIs put in quarantine in…

Beware, Novel Coronavirus is here By Leonardo Micua AS of January 30, the Philippines registered its first case of the Novel Coronavirus, joining the league of more than 20 other countries across the globe earlier hit by this kind of virus that originated from Wuhan, City, in Hubei province in China…

Only hog raisers can stop ASF By Leonardo Micua THE African Swine Fever (ASF) appears to be spreading fast in Pangasinan with hogs in six to 8 barangays already afflicted as of January 22. This is all because of the greed of some people out there to earn a fast…

Attempted cover-up of ASF By Leonardo Micua SOMETHING seems to be amiss in the late detection of recent incidence of African Swine Fever in hogs in Barangay Linoc, Binmaley last week. At the outset, there was an obvious delay in the reporting of the incident to the authorities, a clear…

Another proof on MacArthur landing By Leonardo Micua SECOND District Board Member Liberato Villegas, now on his third term of office, rejoiced over the claim of University of the Philippines professor, Ricardo T.  Jose, that General Douglas Mac Arthur first landed in his hometown of San Fabian and not in Dagupan…

Still, their best was not good enough By Leonardo Micua THE report released by the Department of Health (DOH) that firecracker injuries this year declined by at least 35 percent and there was no death recorded whatsoever as compared to last year’s statistics, is not something they should really crow about,…

Holiday for hog producers By Leonardo Micua WHEN Secretary William Dar was in Lingayen on December 23 to officially launch the financial assistance to farmers affected by the low buying price of palay as a result of the Rice Tariffication Law–with the help of the Land Bank of the Philippines—he…