Tokenism in Charter Day
By Noel Galon de Leon Jalandoni and Kabayao deserve more. On August 25, during Iloilo City’s 88th Charter Day, the local government conferred posthumo...
Staff WriterAugust 29, 20253 min
CITY THAT READS
By Noel Galon de Leon Jalandoni and Kabayao deserve more. On August 25, during Iloilo City’s 88th Charter Day, the local government conferred posthumo...
How faithful are we, really, to this ordinance as a city? Who follows it, who ignores it, and most importantly—why? When Iloilo passed its plastic ban...
When the world shut down in 2020, life as we knew it changed overnight. Plans were put on hold, routines disrupted, and for many, the quietness of iso...
There is an image that remains vivid in my memory from the height of the pandemic: hundreds of bicycles moving along Iloilo’s Diversion Road, each rid...
The idea of building separate restrooms for trans people often comes up as a “solution.” On the surface, it sounds progressive, an attempt to create a...
On August 20, I was invited by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) to speak at the 3rd Book Nook Conference in Iloilo City. The invitation alon...
This was the question I kept asking myself after our visit yesterday, August 18, with Sir Al of Room to Read, to the Ati community in Kati-Kati, Guima...
Let me begin with an apology because today’s column is not for the faint of heart. I am about to talk about poop. Not the kind of figurative “politica...
When I first stepped into my Filipino 7 classrooms at U.P. High School in Iloilo, I expected the usual mix of nervous smiles, shy introductions, and t...