Can we still trust our banks?
IF YOU were a senior citizen visiting your bank, would you not mind being whisked away as if you were an untrustworthy stranger?
In fairness...
Duterte needs critics, not bootlickers
PLEASE get me straight: I mean no malice against President Rodrigo Duterte. In fact, I voted for him on May 9, 2016, presuming he...
Boracay down memory lane
THE persistent insistence of President Rodrigo Duterte to “give back Boracay to farmers” is bad enough. Worse, he warned hoteliers, restaurateurs and other businessmen...
The futility of Christianity
IF CHRISTIANITY were an effective catalyst for change, the Philippines would be full of Christ-like individuals. Government officials would be walking their “pro-people” talk....
Whom the barangay captains wish to install…
WHOM the barangay leaders of Molo district wish to install as mayor or congressman of Iloilo City – assuming it is within their power...
Maxims for the youth to live by
ONE NEVER forgets reformative childhood memories. For instance, I was often a “victim” of my late father who would spank me for whatever misdemeanor,...
Looking back to 37 years ago
THE OTHER day I received a message from radyoman Henry Lumawag, saying he had been reading my columns; and he could not forget the...
Jay Balnig on special mission
JAY BALNIG, the famous former news director of Aksyon Radyo, is back home in Iloilo City after years of working in New York City....
Barangay leaders of today and yesterday compared
THERE’S no more stopping the May 14, 2018 barangay elections. And no stopping the heated lobbying for support – whether in cash or in...
Hippocrates revisited
IT’S NOT just to save money that some people do not always follow the doctor’s prescription. I say so from personal experience.
There was a...