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…
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…
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