By Leonardo Micua   IT is sad to note that not one of our homegrown party-list groups won a congressional seat in the May 12 elections. This is the first time that one of the most populous provinces in the country is not sending a party-list representative to the House….

By Leonardo Micua THE UnliSerbisyo team of Dagupan made history of sorts when it scored a near sweep of the May 12 elections at the expense of the opposition group led by the Lim mother and son tandem. Credit it to the hard work of Mayor Belen Fernandez who campaigned…

By Leonardo Micua   TOMORROW, May 12, the people will go to the polls to elect leaders who will take the mantle of responsibility in governing them for another three years for local officials, and six years for the senators. We just hope and pray that they will be making…

By Leonardo Micua   SENATORIAL wannabe Rep. Camille Villar was among the biggest crowd-drawers, together with our own Manay Gina de Venecia, during Dagupan’s “Kalutan ed Dalan” and Street Party last April 30. Camille’s presence during the event more than made up for her absence, as she was under the weather,…

By Leonardo Micua   IF Comelec wants us to believe it is playing fair and square, it should send a show-cause order not only to  Alyansa senatorial candidate Camille Villar but to all others who seemed to have made a mockery of election laws by letting out so much of…

By Leonardo Micua   THE longstanding subtle conflict between Senator Imee Marcos and her younger brother, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has now seemingly blown into a full-scale sibling war. Although at the moment, PBBM has remained silent over issues being raised by Imee and his other critics. This sibling war…

By Leonardo Micua   THE world is in turmoil not because of growing tensions on the geopolitical front but because of Donald Trump. The president of the United States put the whole world on edge by imposing sweeping tariffs on all goods entering his country from 118 nations, including the…

By Leonardo Micua   THERE is no doubt that the announcement of COMELEC chairman Erwin George Garcia that barangay officials are allowed to campaign for their respective candidates in the coming election bodes well for the campaign of Mayor Belen Fernandez, Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and the rest of candidates of…

By Leonardo Micua   AN ambulance is supposed to be solely dedicated for the transport of sick or injured patients to the hospital so that they can be given immediate medical attention. If the ambulance is used for any other purpose, especially for private benefit, every taxpayer has the right to…

By Leonardo Micua   FROM now on, the people of Dagupan should stop hoping that the Mother and Child Hospital will still rise. Yes, this project will not see the light of day anymore because the P150 million allotted to it under the General Appropriations Act of 2022 is no…