Before the wells run dry
THE MOST alarming part of Iloilo’s preparations for a potentially severe El Niño is not the forecast of scorching temperatures. It is not even...
Fighting floods on sinking ground
WHAT GOOD are bigger drains and stronger flood defenses if the ground beneath Iloilo continues to sink?
That is the question Iloilo must confront as...
Where will Iloilo get its water?
THE WARNING is loud and clear: Iloilo must reduce its dependence on deep wells because excessive groundwater extraction could be contributing to the sinking...
Iloilo cannot afford to sink
THE WARNING could hardly be more literal: Iloilo is sinking.
For a city that has spent billions of pesos on roads, bridges, drainage systems, buildings...
Barangays must be empowered
THE BARANGAY election is no longer happening this November. And all the more that people should insist that such election be conducted with regularity...
‘He has done all things well’
THAT WAS what the crowd said after they witnessed a miraculous healing of a dumb man by Christ. (cfr. Mk 7, 31-37) On Valentine’s...
Discipline must work both ways
AS ILOILO City grows, so does the number of vehicles and pedestrians competing for increasingly congested road space. But the metro does not merely...
You cannot clean faster than people can litter
NEARLY 10 metric tons of garbage pulled from the Jaro River in just two weeks should embarrass us.
Not because Iloilo City lacks people willing...
Two more years must mean more work
THE POSTPONEMENT of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to November 2028 has effectively handed incumbent barangay and youth officials something politicians ordinarily have...
We were warned. Now Panay is paying the price
THERE IS something profoundly disturbing about the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ latest warning on the Visayas power situation, as reported by this...