TWO months ago, this corner predicted the break-up of the “uniteam” of Antique due to the brewing personal differences between Governor Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao and Senator Loren Legarda. It is now a “given” that the outgoing governor and the incumbent congressman, Agapito Antonio “AA” Legarda – the brother of Loren — may
March 6, 2024
By Herbert Vego ONE morning I woke up feeling unusually dizzy, my neck in pain. I slowly sat up in bed, my head propped up against the wall as I reached for my digital blood-pressure monitor. The reading was a high 150/100. I therefore gulped my “maintenance” medicine, hoping to recover immediately so I could
March 4, 2024
WHAT? Fear this month of March? Isn’t that ironic when we are supposed to be extra-cautious in this Fire Prevention Month? Ironic, indeed, but the records show that it is in March of every year when accidental fires raze homes and commercial buildings. Thus, we need to take fire protection seriously. The simplest
March 1, 2024
WHETHER they vote “as one” or separately no longer matters. The Senate and the House of Representatives appear to be unanimous in convening themselves as a Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) on the pretext of amending the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. Both chambers of Congress have expressed willingness to abide by the
February 28, 2024
THE date February 26, 1986 – 38 years ago — was probably the most euphoric day for us who retain memories of what had unfolded in the climactic four days of the “EDSA People Power Revolution” that ended the 20-year reign of dictator President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos. It was the day when
February 26, 2024
YOU will remember that the first week of the New Year saw the TV stations airing the “EDSA-puera” ad aimed at gathering support for Charter change. The subliminal message was that the 1987 Constitution framed by the Constitutional Commission after the EDSA People Power Revolution of February 1986 has failed to bring
February 23, 2024
AS regional director of the Department of Education (DepEd), Ramir B. Uytico has set his subordinates a bad example by overacting against media critics. As I was writing this yesterday, he was scheduled to come face to face with RMN-Iloilo City broadcaster Henry Lumawag before the Office of the City Prosecutor. Uytico
February 22, 2024
HAVING tuned 74, I wonder whether I could have gone so far had I stuck to the carnivorous regimen I had developed in childhood. Those were the days when my late mother would often come home from the market with a fresh supply of meat which she would cook in different ways.
February 19, 2024
READERS of this column will remember that I once warned against the proliferation of cheap, portable gadgets that promise to save its possessors from 30 to 90 percent of electricity consumption, thus reducing by as much the payable bill. Come to think of it: The device, valued at only ₱250 each or cheaper
February 16, 2024
TODAY, February 14, is Valentine’s Day worldwide. It’s the day when married couples and lovers exchange love notes, whisper sweet nothings and go out for lunch or dinner. The most visible symbol of this day is the legendary boy Cupid. Armed with a bow and arrow, he aims at a man and
February 14, 2024
WHETHER they have been underpaid or unpaid, they consider themselves “victims” of injustice inflicted by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) through expropriation of private properties for road widening. I know many of them in my home province of Antique. One of them is my classmate in high school, Cirilo
February 12, 2024
FOLLOWING the publication of my column on the celebration of the Chinese New Year this week, my friend Bogz Balonzo asked, “Who came to the Philippines first? Magellan or Limahong?” I immediately saw the relevance of his curiosity: Both Ferdinand Magellan and Limahong were foreign invaders who sought to conquer our land
February 9, 2024