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…
By Leonardo Micua THE intense summer heat in Pangasinan daily, not lower than 40 degrees Celsius, is indeed, taking a toll on the energy of most of our public official. They make excuses to take a break from their work and jet-set to colder countries on government time. First,…
By Leonardo Micua WITH only a week before the Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) meet finally unfurls in San Carlos City on May 14 to 19, defending back-to-back champion Dagupan City, remains a doubtful starter. Dagupan athletes still doubt at this point whether they will have uniforms to wear…
By Leonardo Micua WHILE Pangasinan sizzles with a heat index of 42 to 46 degrees celsius, among the highest if not the highest in the entire country, it is not good to hear that most, if not all, of the provincial board members, plus some department heads and special…
By Leonardo Micua YOU must have noticed that the ongoing 2023 Dagupan Bangus Festival is being held and actually now about to reach its climax, without the usual baratillo and a food strip that were always seen in past editions of this yearly festivity. This time, Mayor Fernandez does…
By Leonardo Micua FROM where I sit, I can only deduce that the majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod was working on another game plan when they forced a special session to be held last April 12 at past 4:00 p.m., to pass a new Annual Investment Program (AIP), to amend…
By Leonardo Micua THE seven-man Sanggunian Panlungsod majority assumed the rule of an executioner by chopping off the heads of over 700 job order employees and denied hundreds of frontliners of their monthly allowances, and literally grounding the public service in the city of Dagupan to a halt. For…
By Leonardo Micua IT was a crying time at Dagupan City Hall up to 5:00 p.m. of March 31. There were 769 job order employees who bade goodbye to their work just three days after the seven majority councilors in the Sangguniang Panlungsod put the final nail to their “coffin”…
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