By Leonardo MIcua   A video clip posted about the claim of a husband and wife from Barangay Dinalaoan in Calasiao town that they were threatened by armed men who broke into their house on April 7 went viral on Facebook. The wife narrated how she was threatened at gun point and…

By Leonardo Micua   As I was writing this column, people are gathering in droves at the CSI Parking Area and helipad owned by the family of former Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez, where VP Leni Robredo and her teammate Kiko Pangilinan were to hold a grand rally. Naughty minds…

By Leonardo Micua   THE Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP) mapped out by the LTFRB,  based on studies on passengers’ needs, will be a big boon to the commuting public. It will not only reduce the number of commuter vehicles but will also merge existing routes to make them…

By Leonardo Micua   THE campaign period for candidates running for the local elections on May 9 finally kicked off last March 25. Under the law, local candidates have 45 days (except on Holy Thursday and Good Friday and on the eve of the elections) to campaign and argue their…

By Leonardo Micua   ON our way home to Bonuan Thursday afternoon, we passed by the holding garage of the Dagupan Bus on Arellano Street to see it finally opened, which could mean it might soon join the fleet of provincial buses now plying from Dagupan and Pangasinan to Cubao…

By Leonardo Micua   LAST week, Finnela Sim, regional coordinator of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), tagged me along to Lingayen where she turned over 60 sports balls to the provincial government in line with the nationwide grassroots sports program on sports of PSC Chairman William “Butch” Ramirez. Ms. Sim,…

By Leonardo Micua   THE world is on edge because there is a man in eastern Europe who wants to enforce his will on all peace-loving nations in the whole world. With him on rampage, no nation feels safe as he may yet ignite a full-scale war in Europe that…

By Leonardo Micua   ONE of the bombshells that the city councilors of Dagupan discovered in their review of the proposed Annual investment Plan was the non-enrollment of the indigents for two straight years. This is a very serious matter that needs to be looked into as Mayor Brian Lim…

By Leonardo Micua   MANY of my colleagues in the print and broadcast media, the legit ones, have indicated they are not in conformity with the plan of the PNP to admit bloggers in the social media as members of the PNP Press Corps. They clarified they have no rancor…

By Leonardo Micua   THERE are persistent calls from the business sector for the IATF to downgrade the quarantine classification of Metro Manila and its surrounding areas to Alert Level 1, from Alert Level 2 due to the fast dwindling COVID-19 cases there. If that happens, isn’t it just logical…