Random Thoughts

by Leonardo Micua

August 16, 2025 in Random Thoughts

The wasted opportunity for a WTE in Dagupan

By Leonardo Micua   BUSINESS tycoon ​Ramon Ang,  chairman of the board and CEO of San Miguel Corporation, has once again made headlines with a dual proposal for Metro Manila. In addition to offering a flood control solution at no cost to local governments, he intends to build a waste-to-energy…
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August 10, 2025 in Random Thoughts

Reyna wants documents, a driver et al

By Leonardo Micua   THE recent actions of Dagupan City’s lone opposition councilor, Librada “Dada” Reyna, have sparked considerable discussions and scrutiny within political circles, particularly given the current composition of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. With an overwhelming “Super Majority” of 11 members allied with Mayor Belen Fernandez, many are questioning…
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August 2, 2025 in Random Thoughts

Carrying on with Ermin’s legacy and devotion

By Leonardo Micua   WE motored to Manila last Wednesday to pay our last respect to our boss, Ermin F. Garcia Jr., who made THE Sunday PUNCH , the jewel in Pangasinan journalism, just as what his father, Ermin E. Garcia Sr., wished when he founded the paper in 1956.…
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July 26, 2025 in Random Thoughts

Why not a Pangasinan-wide state of calamity?

By Leonardo Micua   TYPHOON “Crising” caught many towns and cities not only in Pangasinan, but also in many parts of Luzon, the islands of Mindoro and Palawan, and some areas in the Visayas by surprise. They did not expect that kind of weather disturbance could trigger prolonged torrential rains that…
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July 19, 2025 in Random Thoughts

Let’s get on with the BSKE!

By Leonardo Micua    IT will no longer surprise many of us if the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) proceed on December 1 as scheduled. The announcement from the Commission on Elections that it is resuming the registration of new voters for the BSKE in August after postponing it…
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