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Wednesday, September 9, 2026

People Powwow

MORE president meets the press

THE basic reason why residents of Iloilo City want Panay Electric Company (PECO) out of their lives is because of the arrogance of its...

The truth behind the Christmas lies

THIS EARLY, the world counts down in anticipation of Christmas on Dec. 25 – the supposed birthday of Jesus Christ. Even non-Christians celebrate it,...

Because life is short…

YOU and I have heard of the oft-quoted saying, “Life is short.” The quotation is so short that it calls for an added idea. Karl...

Fish for better health

THERE was a time when I attempted to be vegetarian because of a heart disease known as “left ventricular dysfunction.” But since I found...

A reason why we welcome Razon

WHEN Enrique Anselmo “Ricky” Razon Jr. was born in Manila on March 3, 1960, Panay Electric Company (PECO) had been operating for 37 years...

Revisiting Alvarez’s divorce bill

UNTIL the day former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez slipped out of power in the House, his divorce bill (HB 7303), which had easily passed the...

Libel should be decriminalized

A FEW days before Panay News founder Danny Fajardo died, he showed me a sheet of paper indicating that he was a respondent of a libel...

Dealing with the ‘righteous’

WAY BACK in my college days in Manila, I would often go to Plaza Miranda to hear eager “debaters” argue over religious beliefs. I...

PECO has failed us

AS A POWER consumer, this writer believes it’s time for a new group to take over Panay Electric Company (PECO) as the next power...

Today’s inflation ‘more challenging’

THIS IS A sequel to our previous column on inflation, a situation when prices of goods rise endlessly, thus decreasing the value of money....