Random Thoughts

by Leonardo Micua

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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July 13, 2025 in Random Thoughts

A sense of urgency at the new SP

By Leonardo Micua   THERE’S a whale of a difference between the present and the past Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan City. Firstly, there is no more dividing line that separates the majority and minority councilors, a first in the city, with an 11-1 composition. In contrast, the past SP was…
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July 6, 2025 in Random Thoughts

A voiceless lone wolf

By Leonardo Micua   WATCHING the inaugural session of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod on Tuesday – together with media colleagues Eva, Violy and Lina – I cannot imagine from my seat how Councilor Dada Reyna, as the lone opposition in the city council dominated by the allies of Mayor Belen…
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June 30, 2025 in Random Thoughts

Hope amid a fragile peace

By Leonardo Micua   THOUGH I wore a MAGA (Make America Great Again) baseball cap gifted by our Los Angeles City-based correspondent Leonie Galvez on some occasions, I must admit I was not really a Donald  Trump fan. Well, not until he recently brokered what seemed to be a total…
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