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Negros Beat

Decorous avowal

BY ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN THURSDAY last  week, May 26, I got a chance to witness Capitol’s simple observance of the International Day of Action for...

Capping CARP

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN NEGROS’ land tillers seem excited with President-elect Bongbong Marcos in Malacañang soonest. But they really want now to hear words from President...

Brouhaha

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN BUSINESSMEN, professionals and the media were shocked by reports that the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will close the entire Megaworld...

Amazing dwarf

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN SHE’S literally a dwarf. She stands just a little over two feet. She’s Leah Delgado, 35, from the remotest Barangay Cansalungon in Isabela,...

‘Pain-coated’ victory

BY ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN PERHAPS, one of the “oddest” political stories in Negros Occidental in the recently-concluded May 9 elections was that of Moises Padilla...

‘Tutu te Puehu’

BY ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN POLITICAL upsets in the cities of Kabankalan and Silay and the 5th Congressional District of Negros Occidental left Negrenses almost in...

Mega landing, mega opportunities

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN OH, WHAT a rendezvous, indeed! On Labor Day (May 1) I got a chance to meet in Silay City, Negros Occidental my...

Healing, hailing

BY ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN THE deadly coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) with Omicron variant and sub-variants is threatening the world anew. In the Philippines, two weeks...

The ‘might’ of the deprived

ON THURSDAY, April 28, I was privileged to interview Jim John “JJ” Tolentino  in my radio program “Ang Probinsya Subong” over Radyo Negrense 100.3...

Now showing: ‘Luhod-bisa’ tale

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN MAINSTREAM and social media, including coffee shops in Bacolod and Negros Occidental, went abuzz for days because of the “luhod-bisa” (kneel-and-kiss) tale...