By Leonardo Micua THE observation shared by retired DPWH District Engineer Rodolfo “Boy” Dion during a public consultation in the Sangguniang Panlungsod that the Pantal-Sinocalan River has already become too narrow because of encroachments by property owners is something that cannot be dismissed or ignored. Dion believes that one…
By Leonardo Micua “ISANG text message lang, hindi dalawa, nandiyan na siya.” This was how Mayor Belen Fernandez described how Senator Imee Marcos quickly responded to the city’s call for help. According to Mayor Belen, with just one text message, Manang Imee came to Dagupan in one of its…
Manang Imee, Mayor Belen’s reliable buddy
By Leonardo Micua AS Dagupan is the catch basin of water from the upland draining through the Sinocalan River in adjacent Sta. Barbara town before it meanders and empties into the Lingayen Gulf, it is no longer a stranger to flood. But evidently, inundation had become more apparent and more…
Elevation, not suction is needed in the city
By Leonardo Micua THE beaches in Lingayen, Binmaley, Dagupan and San Fabian, which are considered inalienable and not disposable, according to DENR, have one thing in common, according to a friend. All the squatters are private individuals with nothing but only personal interests on their minds. Except owning tax…
Will Belen save Bonuan from beach squatters?
By Leonardo Micua AFTER Mayor Belen Fernandez’ fiery speech in her Pakabat na Baley at CSI Stadia, many thought that any more ray of hope for the passage of the resubmitted 2023 annual city budget of Dagupan was lost. Breathing with fire coming from her chest during her speech,…
Belen’s promise to make 7-majority accountable
By Leonardo Micua “THIS AREA IS NOT FOR SALE”. Thus read streamers put up by CENRO Central Pangasinan on some of the fences erected by still unidentified individuals in the foreshore lands of Bonuan, starting from Gueset to Boquig and to Binloc. It is a notice to the public…
It’s time to stop land grabbing in Bonuan
By Leonardo Micua DURING a media forum on Wednesday on Kabaleyan Channel, Mayor Belen Fernandez accepted the challenge of Councilor Alfie Fernandez to the minority to file a case against the majority if they found their action in shelving anew the P1.3 billion annual budget not in conformity with…
The 7-majority’s demand for “private talk”
By Leonardo Micua WHEN I joined the KBP Forum on Thursday, I heard off-mike from Jay Mendoza, manager of Sonshine Radio, that Dagupan is now the talk of the entire region. And all the talks, Jay said, were nasty, not complimentary. All hurting to the ears. Anyare? asked some…
Dagupan, the “talk” of the region
By Leonardo Micua NO other Dagupeno is more deserving of the highest Pinablin Dagupeno Award given during the culmination of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Dagupan City on June 19, than former five-time Speaker Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. Now 87 years old and a legend of his own, JdV…
The Biskeg na Baley Pinablin Award
By Leonardo Micua IT no longer surprised me and, of course, many others, why the Department of Budget and Management declared the 2023 annual budget of Dagupan “inoperative in its entirety.” It is because, it’s no secret that the passage of the city budget by the majority in the…