Seeing Visayan life on canvass
By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN
THE CADIZ CITY government recently launched a Visayas-wide painting competition. This is a no-joke endeavor meant to gather artists and their...
Shabu and cigarette smuggling
By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN
THE MONTH of October is not just about the MassKara Festival and tropical storm Kristine. It is also about shabu and...
A dying wish fulfilled
By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN
IT IS SAID that fulfilling a dying wish is the highest form of respect from living relatives. I do agree.
Thus, I...
‘Criollo’ in Bago
By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN
HAVE YOU heard the word “criollo”?
Sounds foreign, thus weird, to Negrenses’ ears.
“Criollo” connotes history and heritage for Bago City, or Negros...
Human consideration vs wrongdoing
HUMAN consideration is always associated with or synonymous to compassion, empathy or kindness. I am a believer of that. But turning human consideration into...
Nothing’s final yet
By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ S. DELILAN
AMID THE MassKara season, Bacolodnons and Negrosanons can’t help but glance at the latest updates on the “siblings’ war” in...
Politics and spaghetti
By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN
BACOLOD CITY’s ongoing MassKara Festival, in an unexpected twist, is being overshadowed by “spaghetti”, figuratively speaking. It refers to the tangled...
Fiscal Parpa’s fervent wish
By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN
IN HIS sunset moment, the 85-year-old retired Fiscal Rolando Parpa Sr. has a fervent wish – the revival of the 56-year-old...
‘Quiz bee’ in Bacolod politics
By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN
THE DRAMA, suspense, and mind-boggling moves are over for Bacolod City politics.
Billionaire Mayor Albee Benitez is no longer running for mayor....
‘Green’ passion
BY ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN
ON SEPTEMBER 27 to 29, I was accidentally brought to San Joaquin, Iloilo.
The place is a typical “where the sea meets the...