Let us develop our un-inhabited islands
NOW, IT IS confirmed that the casino project in Boracay Island is a done deal, according to Negros Occidental’s Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez.
In an interview last week on “News...
Big losses with Boracay’s closure
AFTER a meeting with his Department Secretaries involved in the island resort’s operation on April 4, 2018, President Rodrigo R. Duterte ordered the closure...
Regular work for everyone
THE LABOR sector has been waiting for a presidential executive order to end “endo” or the so-called labor contractualization scheme.
But Friday last week the...
Creating a metropolitan Iloilo
THE PROVINCIAL government of Iloilo headed by Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. gave out awards on April 12, 2018 to top real property and business...
Boracay closure unwise
ON FEBRUARY 9, 2018 President Rodrigo R. Duterte came out with a statement that Boracay had become a “cesspool” and threatened to close the...
Family week
HOLY Week was Family Week. It was an occasion for families to re-unite, be home and pray together.
For us, of our brood of seven...
Casinos now invade Boracay
IT WAS in our column of Dec. 19, 2017 when we first reported about Leisure and Resorts World Corporation (LRWC) having talks with Galaxy...
Yes, why no container cargoes at our port?
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
WHEN newly-installed Customs District Collector John Simon of the Port of Iloilo made a courtesy call on Iloilo City’s Mayor Jose Espinosa III at...
Reader comments on the ‘Ilonggo nation’
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
WE ARE pleased to quote below comments on our column of Feb. 16 about the “Ilonggo Nation” that came from Lina Araneta Divinagracia who is a sister of the movement’s founder, Dinggol...
Problems on the award-winning island
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
BORACAY has been hogging the news on radio, TV and the newspapers since Feb. 9 with no less than President Rodrigo R....