IN 2022 the Marcoses and the Dutertes faced a common enemy, Leni Robredo who was the anointed of the yellow fever that has since laced the political flavors and favors of this benighted country that emerged from the Edsa revolution that for all intents and purposes has proven itself to be a fluke. It was
February 20, 2024
SINCE he became a congressman, Jojo Ang has been upping the ante of partylist representation in Congress as far as Uswag Ilonggo is concerned. Unlike run-of-the-mill partylist groups borne out of the greed of powerful and wealthy political families, Uswag Ilonggo is proving itself as a rare cut, particularly in the delivery of infrastructure projects.
November 3, 2023
I DON’T know Jojo Ang from Adam. What I know about him is culled from Facebook postings and other social media platforms. From the Internet, I learned that he was awarded as one of the outstanding alumni of a private Chinese educational institution based in Iloilo City. Coming from certain members of the local Chinese
March 29, 2023
PDI columnist Cielito Habito wrote in his column yesterday: “Unlike the human COVID-19 pandemic that appears to be behind us, the pig pandemic is still raging and causing tight supplies of pork, leading to continued high prices. It has been nearly four years since the first outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) was reported in
March 22, 2023
THIS sticks out like a sore thumb: 165,000 classroom backlog at the close of 2022 affecting some four or five million children or 15 to 20 percent of our learners in public schools! This sad and pressing reality prompted Education Undersecretary Epimaco Densing to practically beg for funding help from private groups and foreign governments.
March 18, 2023
RECALL that one of the reasons cited by Congressman Lorenz Defensor behind the move to change the Charter is the third-world transportation situation in the Philippines. He expressed his bleeding heart for the poor who had to endure monstrous traffic, overcrowded buses, and MRT or LRT coaches (for those living in the urban centers, particularly
March 16, 2023
“Life is so much simpler when you stop explaining yourself to people and just do what works for you.” – Joker Perception is reality in politics, so they say. And obviously, Iloilo City mayor Jerry Trenas has been an avid fan of this old dictum. When Trenas first ran for mayor in 1998 against reelectionist
March 14, 2023
Imperial Manila is a term associated with the concentration of political and economic power in the nation’s capital. It is also used to describe the seeming arrogance and superiority complex of not a few Tagalog-speaking Filipinos. I have personal encounters with this “Manila complex” in my initial forays in Manila while doing some follow-ups for
March 13, 2023
First and foremost, Phillipp Chua is a businessman. He was born to Chinese-Filipino parents who generated their wealth through honest and decent means. The Chua family has never been linked to any illegal, nay immoral activities in Iloilo City. The Chua family is engaged in many businesses but I have heard no one complaining about
March 6, 2023
It’s been months since the provincial prosecutor’s office dismissed the criminal complaint filed by the Iloilo Provincial Police Office against Jevron Parohinog and several others over the grisly murder of three persons in Estancia last year. Not satisfied with the dismissal, a motion for reconsideration was filed seeking a reversal but to no
March 3, 2023
It is unfair to connote that some police officers are the unfaithful kind. Even their spouses also take advantage of them, even in death. This is what we found out when the PNP cleansed the roster of its pensioners. An interesting find is that widows of dead police officers took advantage of their survivorship pensions.
June 4, 2020
THIS is one cruel joke Purportedly, not a few female police officers sought to be transferred from the Iloilo Police Provincial Office before Police Colonel Roland Vilela took over the helm of Camp Sumagaysay in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo. Apparently, this nasty claim is being linked to Col. Vilela’s purported “colorful past,” particularly his failed marriage
September 5, 2019