By Leonardo Micua   AFTER Mayor Belen Fernandez’ fiery speech in her Pakabat na Baley at CSI Stadia, many thought that any more ray of hope for the passage of the resubmitted 2023 annual city budget of Dagupan was lost. Breathing with fire coming from her chest during her speech,…

By Leonardo Micua   “THIS AREA IS NOT FOR SALE”. Thus read streamers put up by CENRO Central Pangasinan on some of the fences erected by still unidentified individuals in the foreshore lands of Bonuan, starting from Gueset to Boquig and to Binloc. It is a notice to the public…

By Leonardo Micua   DURING a media forum on Wednesday on Kabaleyan Channel, Mayor Belen Fernandez accepted the challenge of Councilor Alfie Fernandez to the minority to file a case against the majority if they found their action in shelving anew the P1.3 billion annual budget not in conformity with…

By Leonardo Micua   WHEN I joined the KBP Forum on Thursday, I heard off-mike from Jay Mendoza, manager of Sonshine Radio, that Dagupan is now the talk of the entire region. And all the talks, Jay said, were nasty, not complimentary. All hurting to the ears. Anyare? asked some…

By Leonardo Micua   NO other Dagupeno is more deserving of the highest Pinablin Dagupeno Award given during the culmination of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Dagupan City on June 19, than former five-time Speaker Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. Now 87 years old and a legend of his own, JdV…

By Leonardo Micua   IT no longer surprised me and, of course, many others, why the Department of Budget and Management declared the 2023 annual budget of Dagupan “inoperative in its entirety.” It is because, it’s no secret that the passage of the city budget by the majority in the…

By Leonardo Micua   AFTER the flag ceremony at the city plaza last June 5, Mayor Belen Fernandez rushed to Manila to receive the Pasidungog Award for the city of Dagupan from the Office of Vice President Sara Duterte at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza. The mayor tagged along to Manila…

By Leonardo Micua GIVEN the gravity of the drug problem today as gleaned from the warning of DILG that more than 400 of our incumbent barangay officials are involved in illegal drugs, and a few law enforcers are possibly in cahoots with the drug lords, what is the seven-man majority…

By Leoanrdo Micua   WATCHING and listening to Senator Ronald de la Rosa speaking out on YouTube against  those involved in the pilferage of 990 kilograms of shabu worth P6.7 billion, we got the impression that the drug problem in the country today still lingers, and with greater impunity despite the…

By Leonardo Micua   IF there is one upcoming project in Dagupan that should be given its due course, it is the flood mitigation project in the flood-prone intersection of A.B. Fernandez Avenue, Arellano Street and M.H. del Pilar Street. A project of the DPWH at the request of the…