Measles outbreak after Dengvaxia scare By Leonardo Micua THE health sector is blaming the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) headed by Atty. Persida Acosta, of stirring up the controversy over Dengvaxia, when it blamed it and actually filed cases against past and present officials for the death of some children and…

Dagupan SP sked on floating basis By Leonardo Micua PROVINCIAL Local Government Operations Officer Agnes de Leon’s warning to legislators  that they risk administrative charges if they fail to perform their mandate to hold sessions, applies to all, including members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan City. We were informed…

Word of caution By Leonardo Micua MANY say Congress is treading on dangerous grounds if they rush a legislation that lowers the age of criminal responsibility to nine, even to 12 years, from the original 15 years, although there are many nations with far lower age of criminal responsibility.  It was argued that…

Opposing Buted’s reappointment By Leonardo Micua IT is now almost a certainty that the Pangasinan State University (PSU) will have Dr. Dexter Buted back as its president following his appointment for his second tour of duty by the Board of Regents of the university headed by its chairman Dr. Prospero…

Audit reveals more irregular land deals By Leonardo Micua SOME perhaps would simply quickly dismiss the civil case for breach of warranty/rescission and damages filed by the Dagupan City government under Mayor Belen Fernandez against former Mayor Benjamin Lim and Jose Mariano Cuña, in connection with the purchase of a…

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…

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….

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…

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…

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…