A work of a lifetime
YESTERDAY, I paid a visit to my ophthalmologist friend, Dr. Mario Moscoso, for check-up. My eyes, I complained, had gone dysfunctional. I could not...
Meet Ricky, a vegetarian
RICKY ALEJO is probably the healthiest media practitioner in Iloilo City. As a freelance photo-journalist, he seems to be everywhere, tirelessly covering public affairs....
The quest for financial freedom
HAVE you heard about the Filipino immigrant in the United States who sought the advice of American financial analyst Mark Ford on techniques that...
Why be a June bride or groom?
THIS month of June has universal popularity as “the wedding month.” To a certain extent, to be a June bride has become an obsession...
A call for PECO to obey the law
IT IRKS customers that Panay Electric Co. (PECO) resorts to strange legal maneuvers to perpetuate its power-distribution function in Iloilo City despite the expiration...
Resounding victory for the Contreras family
(Our regular columnist yields his space to Associate Justice Edward B. Contreras of the Court of Appeals, writing on the political fortune of his...
The elusive PECO-to-MORE transition
WHY DO the people of Iloilo City fret over the endless “power struggle” between Panay Electric Co. (PECO) and MORE Electric and Power Corporation...
Bank’s closure worrisome
COFFEE time with friends Bong Gustilo and Melvin de Leon the other day saw us lamenting the sudden closure of Valiant Bank on the...
Smartmatic’s ‘magic 12’
THIS writer firmly believes that the “winning” 12 senatorial candidates do not owe us voters their good fortune. They probably owe it to unidentified...
Pre-election tremors
WITH one day to go before election 2019, we hope and pray for peace and order to prevail.
Realistically, however, unfolding events do not sustain...