AN explosion of TNT could kill hundreds or thousands of individuals. The acronym stands for trinitrotoluene, an organic nitrogen compound found in artillery shells, grenades and airborne bombs. By comparison, three men who call themselves “TNTrio” (for “truth and transparency”) hope to explode in the faces of “operators” behind the Smartmatic who
June 7, 2023
THERE is a cheaper but healthier alternative to gas-powered means of transportation that would soon be available to residents of Iloilo City. This was the message we heard from Reynaldo “Rey” Nolasco Jr. when he guested on the “Tribuna sang Banwa” program on Aksyon Radyo-Iloilo last Sunday (12:15 to 1:15 p.m.) Nolasco
June 2, 2023
WHAT if British film icon Michael Caine is offered to work on another movie in Boracay? Would he accept? At his age, now 90, he might refuse a film offer. But he might come as a tourist to this now world-famous Philippine island. However, would he recognize Boracay Island as the location
May 29, 2023
THIS month of May strikes us as a very hot summer month. But as I was writing this yesterday, super typhoon Mawar was battering Guam, hammering the US territory and plunging it into darkness. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), it was packing maximum sustained winds of
May 26, 2023
WHICH is which? There seems to be two conflicting reports on Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas with regard to apprehension of traffic violators by his subordinates at the Public Safety and Transportation Management Office (PSTMO). The other day, Daily Guardian’s Joseph B.A. Marzan reported, “The Iloilo City government will pause its apprehension
May 24, 2023
IT’S hard to think positive when negative developments show up in the political horizon, as in the “demotion” of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from “senior deputy speaker” to mere deputy speaker, in addition to nine other deputy speakers in the House of Representatives. The unusually quiet Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr., her fellow Kapampangan,
May 22, 2023
IN the May 16, 2023 issue of the Philippine Star, a pictorial story on the belated birthday celebration of former Antique Governor Sally Zaldivar Perez at the Manila Polo Club called my attention. There she was with the cream of the crop among politicians, businessmen and plain social climbers. But that was
May 19, 2023
JOGRAD de la Torre has been away from the limelight for so long that there is now a need to remind us of the movies, TV shows and songs that have made him famous. Listen to this: “Kay sarap kumain ng rice, pero can’t afford the price. Karne’t gulay at fish, gasolina,
May 17, 2023
WHILE in Washington DC in the first week of this month, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. lauded the overseas Filipino workers for their “unwavering service and sacrifice in their respective fields and also for their significant contribution to the country’s development.” He admitted that without them, sustainable productivity at home would be unattainable.
May 15, 2023
DISABLED seamen on overseas vessels are entitled to disability benefits. They know that. More often than not, however, they have to fight the right disability benefits. Otherwise, once rendered unfit to board another ship, they would be living the rest of their lives in penury. Even a slight eye defect discovered during
May 10, 2023
IN 1995, an octogenarian from Sebaste, Antique who had spent most of his life in the United States came home to write a book and asked me to edit the finished manuscript, which was released a few months before he died. He was Eugenio “Doding” Galido, whose book, “Outcry for Change,” occupies
May 8, 2023