By Modesto P. Sao-noy It is a common practice for people in government suspected of digging their hands into the public coffers to attack and malign whoever raises a question on certain transactions. That kind of defense already indicates that there is some truth, perhaps not entirely, to the charge. Indeed, if a transaction is
September 4, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy This is one time that Bacolod being No. 1 is nothing to be happy or proud about. This is also a time when being “negative” is a relief. Bacolod woke up Tuesday morning to learn that during the “Timeout Weekend” on Saturday and Sunday declared by the city for more restrictions
September 3, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy The issue in the conflict concerning the apartment occupied by Nico Causing revolves around the issue of who owns it. The enforcers of Olivia Yanson claim that their employer is the owner but so far there is no document presented showing ownership, only allegations. That the enforcers have not filed
September 2, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy Yesterday I mentioned the name of Mrs. Nelly Duckett, president of the Sta. Clara Executive Village Residents Association. Her action in taking the side of Olivia Yanson in the attempted eviction of Nicolas Causing has placed her and the association in a precarious situation. To be fair, she or any of
September 1, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy With all the hullabaloo of news, fake and otherwise, and an avalanche of opinions and preaching of unheard-of pundits that have occupied our waking hours, let me recapitulate the precedence of this discussion on the contagion of the feud in the family of Ricardo B. Yanson. The family conflict had spanned
August 31, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy This is a free country and anybody can talk as much as his mouth can carry although there are limits to this right to expression. Advocating the overthrow of the government, for instance, will land the speaker in jail as much as maliciously imputing crimes on others. Anyway, there is a
August 29, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy Among the saddest beginnings of a story is that of The Greatest Story Ever Told which says: They have no more room in the inn. And the story ended with death and a burial. Christians know this story of Christ very well and it seems that a parallel story is being
August 28, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy Tomorrow begins a four-day lockdown for mass testing of the citizens of Bacolod and selected areas of Occidental Negros. The residents are already forewarned of the restrictions and have prepared for another squeeze on their movements and the consequent impact on business and industry. It can be reasoned that four days
August 27, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy Given the incidents that occurred in the Sta. Clara Executive Village in Barangay Mandalagan, the spread of information cannot be controlled, radio waves and the cyberspace gave it the widest dissemination. News of this nature cannot be contained or quarantined. This conflict in the SCEV is common in ordinary subdivisions but
August 26, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy We have no report about what happened to the mediation of the conflict through Mandalagan Barangay Captain Arturo Parreño but I believe there was no conciliation because of the succeeding events. It was probably just a show to comply with legal requirements. After yesterday’s column, I received a response about Marilyn
August 25, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy The conflict within the family of Ricardo B. Yanson is a private matter that has spread out into the public arena because of the nature of the feud and the “novelty” of the dynamics of the conflict. Public interest is being affected because it involves the economic life of the commuters.
August 24, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy There are voices among the Catholic faithful that seemed to be lost for lack of clear guidance in the confusions within the Church today. Many succumbed to the mandate of the government and church leaders to close the churches, reduce attendance and accept the Mass online as a real substitute for
August 22, 2020