Michael Caine revisited
BY CHANCE, I
discovered on Netflix channel a 2017 movie, Going in Style, starring
Hollywood actors Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin. Afraid of dying
penniless,...
Time for PECO to listen to the lady of the House
“DON’T you
ever give up?”
Thus asked
the stronger character in a martial arts movie where his bloodied enemy was
struggling to stand up.
That scene
leaps back to life...
English Idioms as writing tools
ONE of my
favorite techniques in transmitting “visual” thoughts to readers is to employ
idiomatic expressions or idioms. An idiom is a group of words in...
Am a non-grandpa at 69
I AM A frustrated
grandfather at age 69. My only son is 45 and well-off in New York City but has
remained “happily single”.
I don’t blame...
An appeal to PECO
THE managers of Panay Electric Co.
(PECO) have belatedly made two desperate, hasty moves aimed at regaining its
franchise to distribute electricity in Iloilo City, which...
The heat is on for PCL-Iloilo aspirants
TWO Sangguniang Bayan members from different municipalities
have confirmed their availability as candidates for president of the Philippine
Councilors’ League (PCL), Iloilo chapter, on Wednesday, Sept....
Two years for PECO to hold on
HAS Panay
Electric Co. (PECO) found a formula to keep itself empowered as electricity
distributor in Iloilo City?
The unfortunate reality that confounds residents of Iloilo City...
Random thoughts on aging
ONCE a week,
I meet with two fellow senior citizens, Pol Causing and Melvin de Leon and; and
near-senior Bong Gustilo over coffee. Almost always, squeeze...
Boosting Iloilo’s tourism, industrialization
HATS off to
Department of Tourism (DOT) regional director Helen Catalbas and Iloilo City
tourism officer Junel Ann Divinagracia, whose persistent efforts to attract
local and foreign...
Weathering the ‘storms’ of life
THANK God
tropical storm “Jenny” was moving out of the Philippine area of responsibility
when I was writing this yesterday. The weatherman on TV said so....