Loren’s dream for Antique
SENATOR Loren Legarda looks forward to the day when her province will have turned into a world-class tourist haven that boasts of busy beaches,...
Lamenting the Treñas-Espinosa break-up
ONE year ago, this columnist deplored the rumored political split between Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III and Rep. Jerry Treñas – relatives by...
An education system in crisis
THIS WRITER, still in his first decade as a senior citizen, has not forgotten the way it used to be in public schools. We...
A friendly ‘panawagan’ to PECO
THIS corner agrees with Senator Franklin Drilon: The only way for Panay Electric Co. (PECO) and MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) to...
The Church’s sexist treatment of women
THERE was a time when progressive Catholic women badgered the Church to integrate women into priesthood and fire homosexual priests, apparently because of the...
PECO’s legal action a futile exercise
DOES Panay Electric Co. (PECO) really think that by filing a petition for writ of preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order (TRO) against More...
Church-State relation in the Spanish era
THE 1987 Constitution of the Philippines (Article II, Section 6) declares: “The separation of Church and State shall be inviolable.”
With only six days left...
The ‘Last Sermon’ for the apathetic society
THE Germans first heard “The Last Sermon” delivered by Lutheran pastor Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) on Jan. 6, 1946 before an attentive,...
PECO has no choice but honor the law
THIS WRITER has been hoping that with the approval of the law (Republic Act 11212) granting More Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) the...
Reviewing basic hypertension
HAVING survived a number of bouts with hypertension, I have learned to cope with the disease and to minimize its occurrence. Thanks to my...