THE problem with our representatives is that they always say “for the people” whenever they introduce measures beneficial to themselves. This truism reared its ugly head in the House of Representatives’ passed resolution calling for a constitutional convention (con-con) “to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Charter” – as in allowing
March 10, 2023
THERE is a need to keep Iloilo City defiant against the ironic trend of fire accidents occurring in March, commemorated as the “Fire Prevention Month”. As far as MORE Energy and Power Corp. is concerned, “We are doing our best.” That was how Engr. Bailey del Castillo, the distribution utility’s vice-president for
March 8, 2023
SENATOR Bong Go, a news report says, has begged the people to speak out against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, which is hell-bent on probing the bloody war on drugs of his “boss,” former President, Rodrigo Duterte. Obviously, Go was desperately appealing for “people power” aimed at compelling the
March 6, 2023
COULD we believe President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for saying that he is not interested in amending the Constitution that both the Senate and the House of Representatives go gaga about? “It’s not a priority for me,” he recently said. “All these things being talked about, we can do without changing the Constitution.”
March 3, 2023
“OUR country is a sovereign nation with a functioning justice system.” More or less, these are the words we hear from President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and other apologists – among them Justice Secretary Jesus Remulla, former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Senators Bato dela Rosa, Robin Padilla and Sen. Jinggoy Estrada
March 1, 2023
BEWARE of the fires of March! We are only a few days away from the month of March, which has been commemorated yearly as the “Fire Prevention Month” since 1967 in accordance with Presidential Proclamation No. 115-A signed by the late former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. in November 1966. The proclamation was
February 27, 2023
ATTEMPTS to “delete” in history the People Power Revolution that ended the reign of dictator President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos in 1986 will not succeed just because his son wants to revise history through films and video clips. It is embedded in history books and preserved through modern computer technology. Admittedly, however, the
February 24, 2023
TODAY (February 22, 2023) reminds us of the start of the four-day bloodless “EDSA People Power Revolution” 37 years ago (February 22 to 25, 1986) that toppled the 20-year regime of the late dictator President Ferdinand Marcos. I was 36 but I can still recall the day it unfolded. That afternoon, I
February 22, 2023
THIS corner believes that, in the spirit of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States, the latter would exert greater military presence here to deter “bullying” by China. The EDCA, signed by the then Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip
February 20, 2023
CHINA is not a friend. She is a fiend or an enemy that is extremely wicked or cruel. What could be a worse indication of it than the action of a Chinese Coast Guard vessel beaming a near-blinding “military-grade” green laser light at Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel BRP Malapascua off the
February 17, 2023
THIS writer stayed away from the Iloilo Convention Center (ICC) while a few members of the House of Representatives and incumbent local politicians were holding public consultation on the proposed Charter change (Cha-cha). They were obviously replaying a monotonous “lumang tugtugin”. Assuming they were not lying about their alleged main motive to
February 15, 2023
TOMORROW, February 14, the world will celebrate another Valentine’s Day. While it’s not a holiday, it is recognized as the lovers’ day when married couples, fiancés and fiancées exchange love notes, whisper sweet nothings and go out for dinner or a hotel tryst. The most visible symbol of this day is the
February 13, 2023