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Goodbye Dagupan bangus

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By Leonardo Micua   WHILE Dagupan City is about to celebrate its Bangus Festival on April 30, the Dagupan bangus growers and vendors, particularly the vendors at the  Magsaysay Fish Market, came out in the local media lamenting the order of things in local markets. They  have been complaining of earning…

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Goodbye Dagupan bangus

By April 27, 2021Random Thoughts

Wanted: A balancing act from economists

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By Leonardo Micua   WE don’t know if the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease made the right decision in recommending to President Rodrigo Duterte the downgrading of the quarantine classification of NCR+ bubble from ECQ to the less restrictive MECQ. While the surge may have slowed down a…

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Wanted: A balancing act from economists

By April 19, 2021Random Thoughts

DILG failed in contact-tracing efforts

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By Leonardo Micua   “DON’T blame the DOH for (the) COVID spike. It’s the DILG.  They fumbled their contact tracing efforts.” This was recently posted by Wilson Chua, CEO of the Dagupan-based Bitstop, Inc. in his social media account. He has been analyzing data about the COVID-19 situation in the country,…

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DILG failed in contact-tracing efforts

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Wrong move, wrong time By Leonardo Micua SOMETHING unexpected happened at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session on March 15. Vice Governor Mark Lambino stepped down his chair, as presiding officer, to propose a resolution that was met with cold shoulders from members of the ruling majority in that chamber. Lambino’s proposed…

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What holds for Dagupan’s garbage? By Leonardo Micua   THE closure of the Urdaneta Sanitary Landfill by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for various violations of environmental laws and specifically for converting itself into a mere open dumpsite, inevitably put not only booming Urdaneta City that owns the…

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