TODAY or every April 1 each year has been celebrated worldwide as April Fools’ Day. Beware because the tradition allows playing hoaxes or jokes that could make you cry, not laugh. There is no historical document to show how this “unofficial holiday” started. One speculation is that April Fools’ Day dates back
April 1, 2022
SOMETIME in October 2021 or five months ago, this corner lauded Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas for declaring her support for Vice-Pres. Leni Robredo, who had just filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) for President. I quoted his explanation as posted on Twitter, “I have known Vice President Leni for a
March 30, 2022
A ‘win-win’ solution to the Fajardo-Legarda rivalry FORMER congressman Paolo Javier threatens to regain Antique’s lone House seat and may just succeed because of rivalry with two other wannabes – Abdiel Dan “Ade” Fajardo, a renowned corporate lawyer and past national president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP); and Antonio Agapito
March 28, 2022
It was not surprising that our media colleague, Jonathan Cabrera, earned the distinction of being one of the “finest dozen” Western Visayas’ personalities for 2022 in an awards ceremony held at SM-City-Iloilo recently. He is the lone awardee from the province of Aklan The award-giver, Keep on Talking by Boy Jorge, recognized
March 25, 2022
WHO hasn’t heard of Dr. Raymundo A. Lapating? I bet everybody in both the city and province of Iloilo have not only heard of him; they have heard him speak out his mind on essential matters, including sports. Having retired as Schools Division Superintendent of Iloilo – a position he held for
March 23, 2022
IT must have cost millions of pesos for MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) to import a new sub-station, which is now being installed where the old one still stands on Gen. Luna St., Iloilo City. During an on-site tour of the new giant facility intended for the City Proper, no
March 21, 2022
CONGRESSWOMAN Loren Legarda (lone district, Antique), being now a returning candidate for senator, has fielded her brother Antonio Agapito “AA” Legarda to run for congressman under the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC). As I wrote in a previous column, it was surprising that former Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) national president Abdiel
March 18, 2022
IF it were possible to list down all names of elected local officials who are now playing chameleon – specifically those abandoning the Duterte camp to join the Leni Robredo bandwagon –they would not fit this small corner. But let us cite a few examples. One of them, Eastern Samar Governor Ben
March 16, 2022
THIS month of March is marching to a crescendo of higher prices of prime commodities. At a time when we are supposed to rejoice for having regained jobs lost to Covid-19 pandemic, we grimace over the steep rise in prices of food and other basic needs. The root cause of this income-draining inflation is
March 14, 2022
You must have seen religious leaders raising the hands of “corrupt” government leaders. This is especially true during elections when they justify such a move, often in the form of a Bible quotation – say, the first three verses of Romans 13: “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there
March 11, 2022
ACCORDING to the latest OCTA Research survey on voter preference for president, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos is further soaring as the top choice, garnering 55% of unidentified respondents. Panting way behind on second spot is Vice President Leni Robredo with 15%, and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno on third with 11%. Not to be
March 9, 2022
ACCORDING to the Business World (a daily business newspaper covering Southeast Asia), Filipino billionaire-philanthropist Enrique K. Razon Jr. has donated P500 million worth of donations to fight COVID-19 in the Philippines in the past two years. Razon is chairman of the board of big corporations, including MORE Electric and Power Corp. in
March 7, 2022