Random Thoughts
Signs of a break up
By Leonardo Micua IT looks like the political alliance that backed the tandem of then candidates Mon-Mon Guico and Mark Lambino, with Mark Cojuangco as one of the major allies in the province, is now on the rocks. This after Gov. Mon-Mon minced no words in criticizing the construction…
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Is Mayor Belen ready to file cases?
By Leonardo Micua IT may bode well for Dagupan that the League of Cities of the Philippines took cognizance of the fact that Dagupan City is still without an annual budget, the only one in the entire archipelago operating on a measly reenacted budget, a budget never sufficient to serve…
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Angst of rice retailers
By Leonardo Micua FROM where I sit, I can almost feel the angst of rice retailers over Executive Order No. 39 issued by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., that mandated the price ceiling of regular-milled rice at P41 per kilogram, and well-milled rice at P45 per kilogram. Believing that the…
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Crazy and even crazier
By Leonardo Micua AFTER four series of public hearings, the seven-man majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan, came out with a one-page resolution (No. R-6336) “earnestly requesting Her Honor Mayor Belen Fernandez to cause a stoppage of the implementation of the road elevation and construction of a drainage…
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Is ‘Miss World’ contest relevant to governance?
By Leonardo Micua I WAS not stunned after reading a story in the GMA network.com that Pangasinan now holds the local franchise for the Miss World Philippines. But the question is, how can this venture have any relevance at all to local governance, to improve the lives of ordinary Pangasinenses, many…
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