“Festivals are happy places, and you don’t really want to enjoy them on your own.”—Christine and the Queens BECAUSE it is held in the fourth weekend of the month of January each year, Iloilo City’s Dinagyang Festival (January 27-28 major events) is considered as the last—but not least—festival in relation to
January 26, 2024
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore, all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”― Voltaire ONCE the furor over the people’s initiative (PI) for Charter change (Cha-cha) will start to ebb, the news about the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its controversial mission
January 25, 2024
“At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.”—Jodi Rell ONE of the best executive orders by a sitting city mayor in Iloilo City intended for the Dinagyang Festival was signed by Atty. Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas on January 22, 2024. I have known the Dinagyang Festival; what
January 24, 2024
“Without electricity, the air would rot.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson WE are confident the Department of Energy (DoE) is on top of the situation to ensure that the final stages of the Dinagyang Festival 2024 this week won’t be sabotaged by veiled threats of a possible power outage owing to the “precautionary” announcement
January 23, 2024
“Corruption happens because there is impunity. That’s the reason why corruption is widespread at all levels – from the person who asks for a bribe on the street to those who hold prominent positions.”—Joao Lourenco IF Senator Jinggoy Estrada were Japanese, he would have committed a hara-kiri. It’s a form of
January 22, 2024
“When I try to be patient on my own, my patience is forced and short-lived. It is obvious to everyone that I am desperately trying to be patient.”—Mother Angelica IT’S hard to imagine Iloilo City being swallowed whole by two behemoths while the Ilonggos are celebrating the Dinagyang Festival 2024, which
January 20, 2024
“By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.”—Peter Abelard “SHAME on you,” Filipino comedian Janno Gibbs lashed at people who tackled the controversial death of his award-winning actor father, Ronald James Dulaca Gibbs, a.k.a. Ronaldo Valdez in a press conference on January 15. Almost a
January 19, 2024
“It is important for people to be able to read all sides of every question; for a feeling of national unity does not come from one-sided or inadequate information, but from a sense of freedom impartially secured and of opportunity equalized by a just government.”—Jeannette Rankin WHILE we are “obliged” or
January 18, 2024
“Monsters aren’t as scary if you start shining lights on them.”—Wyatt Cenac INSTEAD of making an appeal to the Iloilo City Government to approve the proposed shutdown of telecommunications network during the major events of the Dinagyang Festival, the Police Regional Office-Western Visayas (PRO-6) should focus on the police works vis-à-vis
January 17, 2024
“The Chinese people have only family and clan groups; there is no national spirit. Consequently, in spite of four hundred million people gathered together in one China, we are, in fact, but a sheet of loose sand.”—Sun Yat-sen MY former Chinese laoshi (teacher) Tee Sian used to tell us Taiwan democracy
January 16, 2024
“Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.”— Roger Ebert IN the aftermath of any agonizing crisis, the underlying concern should be how to protect the Ilonggos, not how to punish and banish any erring agency. It should be: 1. Solution; 2. Protection; and 3. Prevention.
January 13, 2024
“It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.”—Rod Serling WHAT was clear to ordinary citizens and netizens is that the inquisitors during the Senate and House of Representatives committee hearings on January 10 pounded the National Grid Corporation of
January 12, 2024
