‘Culture is not an excuse for cruelty’
IT’S TWO DAYS after the longest running and most popular fiesta in Iloilo City and perhaps in the country, the Jaro Fiesta or the...
Hypocrisy in animal welfare
JUST a decade ago the term “animal welfare” is very uncommon in these islands. In fact the concept at that time would seem alien...
One for the road for Joey “Pepe” Smith
Who would have thought...I’ve always had this notion that he was going to live forever but on Monday, Jan. 28 word came out on...
Comfortably numb the day after ‘Hala Bira’
“Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
is there anyone at home?
Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well I can ease...
‘Hala Bira’ and other nonsense
HERE WE go again. it’s the time of the year when the natives of “I am Iloilo” throw their inhibitions to the wind and...
The Garins and animal welfare
AND ANOTHER member of the Garin political clan of the 1st District of Iloilo makes it to the 6 o’clock news, this time not...
President Aquino: Sainthood postponed…revisited
RECENTLY Kris Aquino, in what can only be described as a desperate attempt to jumpstart her failed showbiz career and credibility, launched another of...
And you’re a gay politician
YOUR SEXUAL preference or what you fancy yourself to be does not define your sex.
If you’re born with a penis and a pair of...
‘Iloilo City Dinagyang Grandstand’
SOME PEOPLE are making an issue on what the newly constructed grandstand near the also newly renovated Sunburst Park will be called.
Really, it’s just...
A disc jockey is in no shape or form a musician
FOR THE PRICE of a couple of beer ageing hippies get to see a live rock band perform while social climbing millennials pay P2,000...