Quiz bee that matters amid back-to-back disasters
ON NOVEMBER 28, the 9th National Wildlife Quiz (NWQ) took center stage in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.
A total of 31 secondary schools from across...
Lacking in future tense
REMEMBER typhoons “Goring” and “Carina”? They hit the country in August 2023 and July 2024, respectively. Both caused flooding in Bacolod City, but nothing...
Art of forbearance amid outcry
TYPHOON “Tino” on November 4 did not spare even the billionaire Enrique Razon-led Negros Electric and Power Corporation (Negros Power).“Tino” inflicted more than P20...
A ‘shame’ in the offing
THE FIVE-DAY Terra Madre (Mother Earth) festival in Bacolod City (November 19–23) is clearly not running smoothly; in fact, it has been bumpy from...
Against ‘familism’
SENATOR Imee Marcos’ sharp remarks during the Iglesia ni Cristo’s “transparency rally” at the Quirino Grandstand on November 17 — where she publicly accused...
Nature’s ‘fact-checking’
UNDOUBTEDLY, Typhoon Tino on November 4 will go down in the history of Negros Occidental as one of the most furious typhoons ever recorded...
Beyond narratives
THE WRATH of Typhoon Tino in the 4th and 5th congressional districts of Negros Occidental was truly beyond narratives.Seeing with my own eyes the...
‘Useless’ PDRRMO
TYPHOON “Tino” (international name: “Kalmaegi”) has claimed the lives of 49 Negrenses as of this writing.Several others remain missing — truly heartbreaking.
The number of...
‘Bawal na pag-ibig’
AT THE root of the tragic death of 42-year-old Kristine Joy “Lotlot” Dignadice in Victorias City lies what many call bawal na pag-ibig.
Her killer,...
Jarel: An icon of peace failure in Negros
STRAIGHT to the point – Jarel Gelacio has become an icon of the failed peace and order campaign in Negros Occidental.
Jarel, a six-year-old boy...