New York, New York
“If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It’s up to you
New York, New York.”
EVERYBODY may not be able to sing New York,...
An anecdote on news writing
“ANO ang balita?” (What’s the news?)
This is the instinctive question asked of us whenever we meet a friend by chance. We take this to...
The good old days of the Philippine movie industry
AS AN entertainment reporter in Manila in the 1970s, I remember the stiff competition that Filipino movie stars were giving their Hollywood counterparts. Tony...
Hasty marriage makes waste
THIS is a sequel to a previous column, where I warned the youth against marrying in June just because the fiancée wants to be...
Ilonggos to wow New Yorkers
THE green light is once again on for the Ilonggo group to join the annual Philippine Independence Day parade on Madison Avenue, New York...
Iloilo at the forefront of regional sports development
EVERY Ilonggo knows Dr. Raymundo A. Lapating, the retired Iloilo division schools superintendent. Retired, yes, but definitely not tired, having gone more physical.
For the past...
The legacy of the late Boy Que
IT HAS BEEN five years since the most popular Filipino-Chinese businessman in Iloilo City – Alejandro “Boy” Que – passed away. But his legend...
Coming soon: The wedding month of June
FORTY-SIX 46 years ago today, I was a starry-eyed 22-year-old bachelor preparing for a June wedding just because I wanted to appease my fiancée...
On fighting inflation
THE PHILIPPINE Statistics Authority (PSA) has disclosed that the average inflation rate in the Philippines for the first quarter of 2018 was 4.3 percent...
Sorry for the first batch of K-12 graduates
THIS writer, while attending the graduation exercises for the first batch of high school graduates at Central Philippine University (CPU) under the “K-12” program...