By Leonardo Micua   OUR province, Pangasinan, derived it name from the world “asin” or salt. Because of this, I could hardly believe that we are already running out of salt and, worse, could no longer supply partly the needs of the whole nation. We used to produce a lot…

By Leonardo Micua IF it’s true that lawmen had been doing a surveillance on the tentacles of a syndicate involved in the P2.5 billion shabu two or three months before it was busted in Pozorrubio on August 12, then such illegal activity could have been in business at the site even…

By Leonardo Micua   IT is understandable that in the exercise of our practice as journalists there are a number of our news subjects who are sensitive to negative reports and criticisms and would do all to discredit us – shoot us. But still many others who are true public…

By Leonardo Micua   NOT many people knew that the high tide that hit Dagupan in mid mornings of August 10 and 11 was influenced by a cosmic phenomenon called “King Tides” felt not only in all the coastal areas in the Philippines but in the whole world without exception….

By Leonardo Micua   A CALL for donation for the earth-quake victims of Abra was posted on Facebook by Mrs. Maan Tuazon-Guico, first lady of Pangasinan. “ABRA NEEDS OUR HELP” she wrote. Indeed, the province of Abra needs everybody’s help. No less than Governor Mon-Mon Guico sent two provincial buses…

By Leonardo Micua   BASED on the presentation of Office of Civil Defense 1 during a virtual presscon on July 28,  a day after the Magnitude 7 earthquake shook Northern Luzon, most of the major damages to infrastructure due to the temblor were concentrated in provinces and cities north and…

By Leonardo Micua DURING the third regular session of the Sangguniang Panglunsod of Dagupan (there was no quorum after the inaugural session), Councilor Jigs Seen broke the ice by delivering a privilege speech directed at the heart of the new majority when he slammed the new  Internal Rules and Procedures (IRP…

By Leonardo Micua   AGAIN, the people of Dagupan are trooping to the Dagupan City hall in droves, something they had not done for the past three years under the past city administration. And because all cannot be accommodated in the city hall’s second floor for fear it might collapse…

By Leonardo Micua   I cannot imagine that until Wednesday, July 6, Mayor Belen Fernandez only received a hazy picture of the finances of Dagupan, particularly the budget left in every office, from the city’s finance committee composed of the city budget officer, accountant and treasurer. What’s keeping that committee…

By Leonardo Micua   ONE of the latest posts of the Dagupan City PIO before Brian Lim bowed out of office depicted him proudly telling Dagupenos that his efficient governance resulted in P1. 2 billion cash in the coffers, with a note that not a single loan was secured by his administration…