IF I were in government service, I would have retired ten years ago at age 65; not as a matter of choice, but of compulsory retirement. But at my present age of 75, retirement is not even on the horizon. Don’t I deserve to enjoy the rest of my life? I do,
March 10, 2025
KUDOS to a hitherto unknown CPA/lawyer Jeryll Harold Respicio for coming out with a not-so-good suspicion that the forthcoming May 12, 2025 election could be manipulated online through “backdoor programs” to override the automated counting machines He had allegedly “demonstrated” before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial office in Isabela how it
March 7, 2025
THIS corner agrees with Dr. Anthony Leachon, a known health reform advocate, who recently cautioned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) against any hasty move to approve a new vaccine against dengue because “it will not solve the gargantuan problem.” Lechon was reacting to Sen. Nancy Binay’s call for the approval of
March 5, 2025
NO doubt, published election surveys double as mind-conditioners to promote the top candidates for the May 12, 2025 senatorial race. For when the same names materialize in the actual election returns, expect an “I told you so” reaction from survey followers. Are we so “bobo” that we would swallow hook, line and sinker the
March 3, 2025
TODAY marks the 5th anniversary of service of MORE Electric and Power Corp. as the power-distribution utility for Iloilo City. Congratulations! If I remember right, it was on Feb. 29, 2020 (the year being a leap year) when the sheriff of the Iloilo City Regional Trial Court (branch 23) served the writ
February 28, 2025
WILL Senate President Francis Escudero yield to public demand by calling for a special session of the recessed Senate to convene into an impeachment court to try Vice President Sara Duterte? “No,” he said, “the Senate cannot hold a special session on its own to act on the impeachment complaint.” Former Senate
February 26, 2025
TODAY brings to my memory the four-day bloodless EDSA People Power Revolution (February 22 to 25, 1986) that toppled the 20-year reign of the late President Ferdinand Marcos. The government had since then unilaterally celebrated that bloodless uprising year after year until 2016 when President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office. He attended none
February 24, 2025
AS reported for this paper by Joseph Bernard A. Marzan, there’s a good chance for MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) to expand its coverage to the towns of Guimbal, Igbaras, Miag-ao, Oton, San Joaquin, Tigbauan, and Tubungan in the 1st District of Iloilo. To quote the report, no less than
February 21, 2025
MY friend Nonoy (true name withheld) called my attention to the column of Alex Vidal criticizing Senator Loren Legarda for feeling “deeply troubled” over the ferocious bombardment of Palestinians’ homes by Israeli forces in Gaza Strip. No thanks to US President Donald Trump’s suggestion to Israel to seize the Gaza Strip and
February 19, 2025
AN American friend here in Iloilo City, Victor D’Agostino, asked me to comment on a front-page story about the occasional joint air and sea patrols by the United States and the Philippines at the West Philippine Sea. Called “maritime cooperation activity,” it features warships and fighter jets. A picture of the nuclear-powered
February 17, 2025
TODAY, February 14, is the day when couples – whether married or not — exchange love notes, whisper sweet nothings and go out for lunch, dinner or a romantic tryst. It’s Valentine’s Day, starring the legendary boy Cupid. Armed with a bow and arrow, he aims at a man and a woman
February 14, 2025
ELECTION lawyer Romulo Macalintal is of the opinion that even when now on recess, the Senate acting as impeachment court may still proceed with the trial of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte rather than wait for the resumption of sessions on June 2, otherwise there would no longer be enough time to
February 12, 2025