Will she be first congresswoman of Iloilo City?
JULIENNE “Jam-jam” Baronda is such a sweet woman that she reminds us of our favorite strawberry jam sandwich; or maybe mango jam for brother...
Senior citizens may also have fun
ELEVEN years ago, I wrote in this corner how I turned from happy to sad while queuing to pay my basket of goods to...
Does apple prevent memory loss?
YOU have heard it a thousand times: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
The proverbial advice to eat an apple a day is...
Let us shun senatorial surveys
IRKED by the curses aired by President Duterte against the Roman Catholic Church, rabid Catholics have taken it upon themselves to junk senatorial candidates...
An Antiqueño’s outcry for change
TWO DECADES ago, an octogenarian from Sebaste, Antique who had spent most of his life in the United States came home to write a...
The Filipino ‘trapo’ is Machiavellian
TRADITIONAL politicians who pretend to care for the people to perpetuate themselves in power are said to be “Machiavellian,” their “goodness” stemming from selfish...
No end in sight to religious squabbles
THIS WRITER once wrote of his futile search for the true religion, mindful of withholding personal biases and prejudices for and against any religious...
Restoration of Fort San Pedro urgent
IT HAS BEEN six years since May 15, 2013 when then President Benigno Aquino III signed into law Republic Act 10555 creating the Cultural...
After the Holy Week, what?
PAMALANDONG is the Ilonggo word that describes the “proper Christian decorum” during the observance of the Holy Week. At a loss for its English equivalent, I...
Fighting over Jesus Christ
WE CALL this week Holy Week because it commemorates the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The 1.7 billion professing Christians worldwide, however,...