By Leonardo Micua   THE video coverage of Mayor Julio “Rammy” Parayno III’s press conference last week shared to me, revealed that in  his only five years in office, Urdaneta has overtaken Dagupan in points of economy and income. Translation: Dagupan is no longer the sunshine city of the north…

By Leonardo Micua   IF the seven majority councilors will still refuse to pass the resolution authorizing Mayor Belen Fernandez to sign a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Health for the implementation of the Mother and Child Hospital despite their executive meeting with DOH Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco,…

By Leonardo Micua   OUR sincerest prayers go to the people of Taiwan and the 170,000 Filipinos working and living in that country, hoping that with God’s miracle they can easily recover from the deep wound wrought by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck in the morning of April 3….

By Leonardo Micua   AS the Catholic world observes the Lenten Season, capped by the Holy Week marking the martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth, the whole world is teetering on the brink of a catastrophic war that could likely end mankind. Methinks that if World War III happens, the Philippines is likely…

By Leonardo Micua   WHAT got my goat about the the seven majority councilors of Dagupan’s Sangguniang Panlungsod was Councilor Alvin Coquia’s alibi for their absence last March 12 session – that all of them were forced to skip the session because one of them had an asthma attack and had…

By Leonardo Micua   I HAVE a gut feeling that the seven majority councilors who boycotted the regular session of the Dagupan Sanggunian again last week are giving the message that they have no intention of passing the 2024 annual budget after three of their group were indicted by the…

By Leonardo Micua   A TRICKY but loaded question surfaced during the last committee hearing on the 2024 annual budget conducted by the seven-majority bloc of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Councilor Irene Lim-Acosta who barely said anything during the hearing broke her silence and asked City Budget Officer Jessa Rayopa: “What…

By Leonardo Micua   IN last week’s proceedings of the committee hearing on the 2024 annual budget attended by Mayor Belen Fernandez, Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, the chairman on the finance, budget and appropriations committee, sought clarification about the tie-up between Dagupan and Holcim Philippines, and why she has not sought…

By Leonardo Micua   PRANKSTERS abound again and are likely behind the series of  bomb threats that recently rocked Metro Manila and some provinces. Their folly already extended to Pangasinan. Three schools and may be more were recently targets of such threats that fortunately turned out to be hoaxes. No bombs…

By Leonardo Micua   IN my chance meeting inside a barbershop with the manager of Sonshine Radio Dagupan, Jay Mendoza, also outgoing president of KBP Pangasinan chapter, he and I talked about a range of topics while were waiting for our turn to the barber’s seat. On top of our conversation was none…