By Leonardo Micua   A resolution of the Philippine Senate signed by 22 of the 23 senators, Sen. Risa Hontiveros being the exception, seeking temporary suspension of the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP), is a strong manifestation that the lawmakers are not fully satisfied with the program’s implementation so far. Even…

By Leonardo Micua   PRESIDENT BBM’s order to ban the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators in his SONA sent not only a strong message to the world that the Philippines is not a haven for scammers using the digital platform but shockwaves to the syndicates secretly funding their operations. It was…

By Leonardo Micua   NO one has to doubt the report that Dagupan is in the tail end among all cities in Region 1 for its performance given the kind of councilors that the people elected in 2022. Using their number as the majority, the seven councilors in the opposition…

By Leonardo Micua IT’S been more than one month since the 22 provincial officials returned from their “official” trip to the United States from June 1 to 9, but not one has reported gains made for the province and people from that trip, if any. It is incumbent upon them…

By Leonardo Micua   LAST week, the majority in the Sanggunian was again virtually caught lying through the skin of its teeth. It claimed a “carried motion” that ordered the city secretary “to fix the order of the minutes of sessions”  in the written manifestation customarily being submitted by the majority before…

By Leonardo Micua   FROM where I sit, I view the renewed call of the opposition councilors of Dagupan to sit down in a closed door meeting in a neutral place with Mayor Belen Fernandez to discuss the Supplemental Budget 2 smacks with a lot of suspicion. It presupposes that…

By Leonardo Micua WHAT should happen already happened. It was actually long overdue and obviously happened only after much contemplation at past 2 pm on Wednesday. The resignation of Vice President Sara Duterte as education secretary and vice chairperson of ELCAC finally happened. Most everyone felt this was long overdue since her…

By Leonardo Micua   IT is now less than one year before the 2025 election. It is about time, Mayor Belen Fernandez and the 180,000 Dagupenos stop hoping that eventually, the seven majority councilors will eventually change their mind and endorse the construction of the P150-million Mother and Child Hospital….

By Leonardo Micua   THE report that 20 of our provincial officials were invited to the United States to attend the celebration of Philippine Independence Day with Filipino Americans and invite investors to the province looked like they have run out of valid arguments to justify their official trip, which…

By Leonardo  Micua   KUDOS to Dagupan City for being the seventh of only nine cities in the Philippines and among the 1,000 best cities in the world in the Oxford Economies Global Cities Index. Ditto to Mayor Belen Fernandez and the people of Dagupan City (except the seven daw)…