When ‘tradition’ blinds a child
A FIVE-year-old boy in Iloilo Province’s Component City of Passi will grow up seeing the world through one eye because a homemade firecracker exploded...
Is moderation too much to ask?
EVERY year, like clockwork, the warning comes before the feast — and the consequences arrive after. Health officials caution against excess as Christmas and...
Markets as more than markets
FOR AS FAR back as we can remember, public markets have always been treated as purely utilitarian spaces — places to buy fish, vegetables,...
Is Iloilo ready for its own growth?
ILOILO City likes to brand itself as a destination — dynamic, livable, business-friendly. And to be fair, the city has earned much of that...
Teen pregnancy and HIV: two crises colliding
WHEN a 16-year-old girl in Iloilo City tests positive for HIV — along with her partner — while already pregnant, the matter becomes an...
Can Iloilo reverse its HIV trend?
THE ALARM has been sounded — and loudly. Teenagers in Iloilo City are now among confirmed HIV cases, some as young as 16, many...
HIV gets younger: a wake-up call for Iloilo parents, schools, and society
WHEN HIV is diagnosed in teenagers — some barely out of childhood — it stops being a distant public-health statistic and becomes a mirror...
The economics of Iloilo’s road crashes
ROAD CRASHES are often framed as tragedies of chance — sudden, heartbreaking, and unavoidable. But beyond the bloodied asphalt and shattered families is a...
Preventable but unprevented: Impunity on Iloilo’s roads
THERE IS a cruel irony in Iloilo Province’s mounting road crash statistics: almost every tragedy on our roads is preventable, yet year after year,...
Raising digitally smart Ilonggos in a borderless online world
THE WORLD today has no borders — at least not online. With a swipe, a click, or a tap, even children are instantly connected...