By Leonardo Micua   WHAT got my goat about the the seven majority councilors of Dagupan’s Sangguniang Panlungsod was Councilor Alvin Coquia’s alibi for their absence last March 12 session – that all of them were forced to skip the session because one of them had an asthma attack and had…

By Leonardo Micua   I HAVE a gut feeling that the seven majority councilors who boycotted the regular session of the Dagupan Sanggunian again last week are giving the message that they have no intention of passing the 2024 annual budget after three of their group were indicted by the…

By Leonardo Micua   A TRICKY but loaded question surfaced during the last committee hearing on the 2024 annual budget conducted by the seven-majority bloc of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Councilor Irene Lim-Acosta who barely said anything during the hearing broke her silence and asked City Budget Officer Jessa Rayopa: “What…

By Leonardo Micua   IN last week’s proceedings of the committee hearing on the 2024 annual budget attended by Mayor Belen Fernandez, Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, the chairman on the finance, budget and appropriations committee, sought clarification about the tie-up between Dagupan and Holcim Philippines, and why she has not sought…

By Leonardo Micua   PRANKSTERS abound again and are likely behind the series of  bomb threats that recently rocked Metro Manila and some provinces. Their folly already extended to Pangasinan. Three schools and may be more were recently targets of such threats that fortunately turned out to be hoaxes. No bombs…

By Leonardo Micua   IN my chance meeting inside a barbershop with the manager of Sonshine Radio Dagupan, Jay Mendoza, also outgoing president of KBP Pangasinan chapter, he and I talked about a range of topics while were waiting for our turn to the barber’s seat. On top of our conversation was none…

By Leonardo Micua   GREAT things are definitely going to happen in Dagupan despite the slow-paced approval of the city’s P1.33 billion annual budget for 2024, which by the way is no longer a surprise. It already happened last year. And for sure if God will not intervene again, this prolonged…

By Leonardo Micua   HERE’S a big cause for alarm for all of us. A report from PDEA that bigger volume of illegal drugs, particularly shabu, have been entering Pangasinan since the start of the year. In fact, we consider this report as more factual and alarming than what former…

By Leonardo Micua   WALK, don’t ride. This may yet be the advice today for anyone to get past the vehicle gridlocks hugging our major and even interior roads now that contractors undertaking flood mitigation projects in Dagupan have accelerated the pace of their work so that they can beat…

By Leonardo Micua   IF there’s one project that many of our present generation would love  to see operating soon, that would be the proposed Tri-City Ferry System that will provide an alternative and faster means of transport for residents of the three coastal cities- Alaminos, Dagupan and San Fernando…