Lim differs with Gatchalian By Leonardo Micua WE wish everybody a Merry Christmas and soon a Happy and Prosperous New Year! * * * * As Dagupan City is still mulling whether it will welcome the Waste to Worth technology being offered by Sure Global Philippines Inc. at no cost to the city,…
Is Joey for scrapping of W2W? By Leonardo Micua WHEN Councilor Joey Tamayo delivered a privilege address before the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), he used in his intro–in a bid to stress the pressing need for the Waste to Worth technology– the voice clip of Greta Thunberg, the 15-year old Swedish…
Dagupan in a water world By Leonardo Micua A research study by the science organization Climate Central, published in many journals of the world (and readily available on the internet) gives us an impending bizarre scenario of what could happen to the planet in the next 30 years due to the…
Gabaldon vs H.E. Building By Leonardo Micua A letter dated October 28, 2019 was received by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan from Ms. Carminda R. Arevalo, OIC, Office of the Executive Director, National Historical Commission of the Philippines, acknowledging receipt of SP Resolution No. 7603-2019, requesting the declaration of the Home…
Abuse and intimidation inside DepEd By Leonardo Micua BEFORE our presswork on Friday, we received a hand-written letter dated November 18, 2019 mailed by those who call themselves “Group of DepEd Teachers.” They complained about an alleged illegal imposition, corruption, harassment and intimidation, being exerted against them by their newly assigned…
Continue or be charged in court By Leonardo Micua CLEARLY backed against the wall, between the fast deteriorating condition of the dumpsite and a court suit for violation of Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act now dangling over its head, methinks the Dagupan City government has no other…
Unconscionable spending By Leonardo Micua HOW true is the report of one broadcaster close to the Lim administration that the city government is spending a whopping more than P5 million of taxpayers’ money for the Christmas lighting of the Quintos and the Magsaysay bridges, and the giant Christmas tree in…
A whale of difference By Leonardo Micua AMID stirring criticisms hurled against the Sangguniang Panlungsod on social media over its approved ordinance allowing 600 “banyeras” of Bulacan bangus into the fish market of Dagupan on a weekly basis, we can attest to the fact that –as a journalist who religiously…
Reviving the Dawel River Cruise By Leonardo Micua REMEMBER the Island Tours during the administration of Mayor Belen Fernandez? Well, the new city administration of Mayor Brian Lim appears bent on restoring the old Dawel River Cruise launched by his late father as mayor. This became evident after I saw one of…
A first for Dagupan: No SGLG By Leonardo Micua THE list of 2019 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) awardees released by the Department of the Interior and Local Government sadly did not include perennial winners Dagupan and Urdaneta cities. Why? Only Alaminos and San Carlos cities were in the…
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