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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Coffee Talk

How Iloilo City has grown in me (1)

IT WAS IN 1997. I lived in the City of Love after I left General Santos City. Simple life made me love the city...

Licenses must be revoked

THIS IS a daily scenario – road mishaps. Traffic investigators document the incidents and interview witnesses, mediate and secure compromises between parties, etc. *** Also, one...

Iloilo public transport needs upgrading

YES, THERE are too many taxicabs in Iloilo City serving the transport needs of passengers – in fact, more than enough. Residents, though, are looking...

All these tests

IT’S MORE than a year now. Filipinos and people around the world are trying their best to remain calm during this pandemic season. What is...

Seeing Iloilo as a disciplined city

THE PAST 12 months was a year of solace and isolation for all Filipinos. Residing in Negros Occidental, this writer saw how residents behaved. In...

What have the senators done?

IN A GATHERING of coffee addicts, one asked the others what was happening to the country called Pilipinas. The main menu of the chitchat...

Looking forward to a cleaner Bacolod

THIS WRITER greets his PN readers a fruitful and happier New Year 2020. The start of the year brought this writer to a coffee talk...

Iloilo transport system must improve

THIS WRITER was recently invited around the IBPark (Iloilo Business Park) to have tea or coffee with some prominent Ilonggos. There was a pleasant discussion about the transport...

When will Comelec be effective?

THE NATION is never satisfied with the way the Commission on Elections (Comelec) handles election activities. A teacher, a businessman, a person with disability, a senior...

No money? Don’t run, just walk

MONEY is the most powerful election campaign collateral more than tarpaulins and banners. After spending so much for banners, flyers, posters, and media ads, at the end...