LOOKING closely at the video images of Senator and presidential sister Imee Marcos speaking at the Iglesia ni Cristo rally at Rizal Park on Monday evening, I shook my head wondering how she could have betrayed her younger brother, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. It would be an understatement to say that
November 21, 2025
AROUND this time in 2024, the IBON Foundation revealed its finding that a family of five residing in the city would need to earn at least PHP 26,033 per month to make both ends meet. Today, the average Filipino family would have to earn PHP 50,000 to PHP 80,000 per month to
November 19, 2025
AN ink blot stains the surface it spills on. The pun of it all is that it reminds us of the “ink blot” that is now smearing the image of the INC (Iglesia ni Cristo) as a Christian sect because of its interference in political affairs. The INC as a religious organization
November 14, 2025
WHILE at home viewing the recorded concert of the late Nora Aunor at the Mandarin Hotel-Makati, I caught her belting out a duet with the late Victor “Cocoy” Laurel. They sang their favorite song “People.” It struck a chord in my memory, initially because they had died within two months of each
November 12, 2025
WHY do the words “graft” and “corruption” go together as if it were a singular word in exposing the evils in government? Graft, according to the dictionary, means the acquisition of money or any other material gain in dishonest or questionable ways for personal gain or advantage. Corruption refers to dishonest or
November 10, 2025
IT matters not that she is a political ally of former President Rodrigo Duterte. This was the cryptic message that Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro (PDP-Laban) imparted to Cebuanos when she blamed the former government for wasting most of the PHP 26.6-billion for either ghost or substandard flood control projects in the province
November 7, 2025
AS I was writing this yesterday while typhoon Tino was bringing heavy rains and winds across the country, I recall typhoon Yolanda that devastated the same areas in the same month 12 years ago on November 8, 2013. Let’s hope and pray Tino would not be so cruel. To recall, Yolanda swept
November 5, 2025
By Herbert Vego AT last, there is no more doubt about the expansion of electricity-distribution service of MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) from its home base in Iloilo City to Passi City and 15 towns of Iloilo. The good news, as relayed by MORE Power President Roel Z. Castro, trumpets the decision of
November 3, 2025
WHILE All Saints Day is supposed to be a solemn day to pay respect to the departed, it is also “enjoyed” as a celebration of Halloween in many countries, including the Philippines. Hallow simply means holy, as the Lord’s Prayer suggests (“hallowed be thy name”). “Halloween” stands for “All Hallows’ Eve,” which is the
October 31, 2025
IN anticipation of the commemoration of All Saints Day on Saturday (Nov. 1), I thought of reviewing the “Death, Be not Proud” poem of the famous English poet John Donne (1572 –1631), which begins, “Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so.” The
October 29, 2025
ALL roads lead to the cemetery on Saturday, November 1 — the traditional All Saints Day. It’s when we pay homage to the departed. Historians say it is a take-off from the Lemuria pagan festival, which the Roman Catholic Church first celebrated as a Christian holiday on May 13, 609 during the
October 27, 2025
IN a recent feature story written for ABS-CBN News, author Salve Ibañez called industrial tycoon Enrique Klar Razon Jr. “the new energy kingpin.” That label resonates with us in Iloilo City because it was here where he first planted the seeds of diversification to the energy sector. To quote the first paragraph
October 24, 2025