If Jose Rizal were alive…

IF OUR national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal were alive, he would have turned very old at 157 today. Too bad he died very...

We need a new investment body

WE WROTE “We remember New York” on May 29, 2018 in connection with Iloilo City’s nine-day trade mission to New York from June 1 to 9, 2018 that included an...

Mabudlay mangin amay, pero gusto ko!

KLASE na naman. Nagapanglat-as ang mga ginikanan. Nagapalibog kun sin-o ang dangpan para masabat galastuhan sa eskwelahan. Sa tagsa ka pagbukas sang klase, nagasilinampaw ang palaligban....

Trustworthiness

LAST month I read an account of Bancassurance as expressed by BPI (Bank of the Philippine Islands) – Philam Life Assurance Company’s President Surenda...

WHAT PEOPLE SAY: Freedom on the web

Should there be internet censorship? OUR government should consider putting more teeth on cyber laws. It has the absolute prerogative to censor the internet to...

Flood and garbage

ILOILO City’s drainage system is decrepit. Building a newer, bigger one is the right solution. But the inundation of some city streets every time...

Hypocrisy in the name of God

HYPOCRISY is the contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral...

Life lessons learned from my father

BY IGNACIO R. BUNYE YESTERDAY being Father’s Day, allow me to devote this piece to commemorate my father and all the fathers in the world. Like...

A brief history of poetry according to Peter Solis Nery, Part 2

THE HIGH popes of poetry insisted on rhyme because not everybody can find a sensible partner to the word ‘thyme’. If you can pair ‘wine’,...

Amay

DAKO nga bahin sang pagkatawo sang individual nasandig sa sahi o kalidad sang isa ka amay. Tanan nga mga bata nagatangla sa ila amay...