TWO verbs with opposite meanings come to my mind while writing this. Since these words – “lionize” and “ostracize” — are rarely used in conversations, let the dictionary clarify. To lionize is to treat someone as a celebrity or important person even if he does not really deserve to be. The root
July 4, 2025
ALL residents of Iloilo City must have guessed the context to which the above quotation refers. Taking it literally, it’s because of the prevailing conflict between the Treñas and Baronda political clans. The fact is that “You can’t fight City Hall” is an idiom expressing the helplessness of certain individuals when pitted against government
July 2, 2025
SENATE President Francis “Chiz” Escudero wants his “personal version” of the Constitution considered, according to ML Party-list Representative-elect Leila de Lima. In a TV interview, she said, “Ibang-iba sa orihinal.” She was reacting to the statement of the Senate president that the senator judges might pass a resolution to dismiss the impeachment case
June 30, 2025
FOR the first time, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. recently assailed the Department of Education (DepEd) for the failure of its K-12 program to equip high school graduates with skills fit for employment. “There is no advantage. They are not getting jobs,” he told the media on a live TV interview. He
June 27, 2025
BY hiring 16 expensive lawyers from the Fortun Narvasa & Salazar law office to defend her, Vice President Sara Duterte seems to validate the “unexplained wealth” portion of the impeachment case filed against her by the House of Representatives. As reported, one of the 16 articles of impeachment alludes to “betrayal of
June 25, 2025
I am writing this for whatever ray of hope it may offer to patients with cancer or any other debilitating disease. This is the story of my late brother Efren, a police officer who lived for a full 17 years and five months of “bonus life” after surgery due to pancreatic cancer.
June 23, 2025
WE chanced upon electricity consumers from the 1st and 2nd districts of Iloilo meeting with MORE Power spokesman Jonathan Cabrera at Hotel del Rio. Accompanied by Pavia, Iloilo councilor Jose Maria “Pyt” Trimañez, they reiterated their request for the distribution utility to expand from its Iloilo City homebase to their municipalities. We heard them say, “We
June 20, 2025
IT is ironic that while Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio has repeatedly expressed “welcome” to her impeachment trial so she could answer the charges against her, the Senate – now on its dual role as the impeachment court –appears bent on aborting it on technical grounds that are now familiar to everybody. Anyway,
June 18, 2025
FINALLY, there is no more stumbling block to the authority of MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) to expand its electricity distribution services beyond Iloilo City to 15 Iloilo municipalities and the component city of Passi. In a recently-promulgated decision, the Supreme Court (SC) denied the motion for reconsideration filed by Iloilo Electric
June 16, 2025
THOUGH President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has repeatedly been quoted to have said he was against the impeachment trial of his former ally Vice President Sara Duterte, that no longer resonates. Just last Monday while attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, he predicted that the
June 13, 2025
POLITICALLY correct! That’s how this corner views the “love” letter of Julie “Love-Love” Grace Baronda, the incoming vice mayor of Iloilo City, to incoming mayor Raisa Treñas-Chu. She reportedly sought political reconciliation. Why? Hasn’t her sister, Rep. Julienne “Jam-Jam” Baronda, made it clear that any move to reconcile should come from the Treñases?
June 11, 2025
By Herbert Vego BETWEEN today and Independence Day on June 12, let us brace ourselves for nationwide mass actions to protest the alleged intention of the Senate to pass a resolution aimed at dismissing the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. As initiated by Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, it would be “justified” on
June 9, 2025