Urban progress without urban chaos
THE RAPID rise of Iloilo City as one of the country’s fastest-growing business and property hubs is undeniably a welcome development. Investments are pouring...
Flowing with the rapidly evolving times
WE HAVE to learn how to properly deal with the rapid developments of our times. We should avoid getting stuck with some system that...
Magnus Carlsen’s Style
I WROTE this a long time ago.
The Romance of the Chess World Championship Match and the World Champions that won them: There can only...
Who’s paying for “Bato’s” blockbuster shield?
IT REALLY is a power position when one becomes a senator of this republic. Just look at the drama unfolding in the senate since...
Soberanya
SA MGA nagkalahinabu sang damlag lang, madamo sang nagapamangkot kon bala makabig pa nga sovereign country ukon state ang Pilipinas kon padayon ini nga...
Iloilo’s rise proves ‘outsiders’ can compete
FOR DECADES, the story of Philippine development has largely revolved around one place: Metro Manila.
Businesses flocked there. Investments concentrated there. Opportunities accumulated there. As...
Preserving the ceiling “kisame” art of Bohol churches
“Linog! Linog!”
Those were the words I heard while talking over the phone with Father Victor Bompat of Stella Maris in Tagbilaran, Bohol, at 8:12...
The limits of Senate protection
I OFTEN encounter questions from readers about the powers of the Senate, particularly in moments of political controversy. The recent developments involving Sen. Ronald...
Pumping energy into our love
THAT’S practically what Christ wants of us as he said: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it...