The Stranger, Part 3

Previously: Ubal woke up in Madlus, a strange world with three suns, where he met Stok who transfused him with his blood. Ubal also...

Technology for society

(Fifth of a series)   IT IS WRONG to say that the government is bidding out frequencies for a “third telco.” That is so because as...

Another window of opportunity for peace

ALL peace-loving Filipinos should welcome the possible continuation of the peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. The peace...

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...

Ginhimo nga parkingan

PADAYON ang ginahimo nga pagkaayo kag pagpasangkad sang mga dalan. Makapamatuod diri ang kadamuan nga masami nagataris sa mga dalanon sang syudad lakip na...

No refugees please

SO PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte recently said he was willing to accept a large number of Rohingya Muslim refugees. At a speech in the presidential palace,...

Revising the Penal Code of the Philippines

THE EXISTING Penal Code is almost a century old legislative source and reference materials on the matter of misdeeds and punishments. The times have changed...

Roadblocks to resumption of peace talks

THE national minorities – the indigenous peoples and the Bangsamoro, recognize the importance of talking peace to resolve the roots of social discontent and the on-going...

Police report

THE SUPREME Court order for the Solicitor General to submit police reports for persons killed in drug-related police operations as well as deaths under investigation...

‘25 Ilonggo writers worth watching’

IT WAS an October night in 2016 when I first found myself surrounded by some of Iloilo’s most promising young writers and a handful...