The assassination of Ninoy Aquino
MOST of you readers were probably unborn yet on Aug. 21, 1983.
Today marks the 35th anniversary of that historic day when Sen. Benigno “Ninoy”...
Loren Legarda in wait-and-see mood?
EXACTLY one week ago, this corner opined that Sen. Lorna Regina “Loren” Legarda could be the next congresswoman of Antique. That assumption, however, hinged...
Coping with nature’s wrath
YOU and I have never personally seen anything like it. But seeing it on TV newscast was like being in one of those flooded...
‘War on drugs’ superficial
THOUSANDS of suspected drug pushers have perished in alleged shootouts with the police in the “war on drugs.” Should this fact not have deterred...
Legarda running for congresswoman of Antique?
WHILE having coffee at The Atrium here in Iloilo City on Thursday, I chanced upon fellow media men who said that Sen. Loren Legarda...
Treñas not giving up on Espinosa
THE LAST time we talked to Cong. Jerry P. Treñas, he said he was not giving up hope that his three-decade political ally and...
Inspired by the man who ‘discovered’ Imelda Marcos
VOLTAIRE, a faithful reader of this column, recently asked me to join him for lunch in a restaurant.
“Why not?” I joked a fact. “There’s...
No ‘buenas’ for this bank’s depositors
THIS WRITER empathizes with the aggrieved victims of bank closures. Way back in the 1970s when I was young with money deposited in Continental...
Missing the good old days of Philippine movies
WERE you old enough to remember those years when scores of movie houses (not the in-the-mall ones) dotted the streets of Metro Manila? Some...
DepEd head now doubts the efficacy of the K-12 program
EDUCATION secretary Leonor Briones seems to have given up hope on the K-to-12 curriculum now that the first batch of six-year high school graduates...