VIEWPOINTS | Episodes of sorrow

BY OSCAR CRUZ Thursday, April 13, 2017 LIFE IS TRYING.  Living is hard.  There are so many problems to face, so many difficulties to bear.  The...

EDITORIAL | From farm to table

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 EVERY YEAR, an estimated 1.3 billion tons of food worth $1 trillion are wasted globally. According to scientists from the Germany-based...

JUST ANOTHER DAY | Should vegetarians eat meat during Good Friday?

BY LUIS BUENAFLOR JR. Wednesday, April 12, 2017 GROWING up in a Catolico Cerrado family I always dread Semana Santa. It was hell week for me mainly because...

DALMING | One Chocolate Bar, 21 Kilometers

BY ROMA GONZALES Wednesday, April 12, 2017 “LOLLY” or “Leoly” or “Julie.” Somewhere along those words was her name. She herself thought my name was “Joma”...

PSYCHOTROPIC | It’s between you and your faith

BY ANGELICA LOUISE PFLEIDER Wednesday, April 12, 2017 TERMINALS are bustling with passengers. Establishments start shortening their work hours. Families start planning which beach or resort...

MY LIFE AS ART | Haiku from another time

BY PETER SOLIS NERY Wednesday, April 12, 2017 In observance of the Holy Week, Peter Solis Nery is not writing poetry this week. For the mean...

URBAN FARMER | High-value crops recommended for highland areas

BY JULIO P. YAP JR. Wednesday, April 12, 2017 DO YOU know that high-value vegetable crops which are normally grown on the vegetable terraces in Benguet...

EDITORIAL | Preparation is half the battle won

Tuesday, April 11, 2017 EARTHQUAKES can occur without warning. There is no way to predict what will happen when it does. But there is a...

PEOPLE POWWOW | The unpredictable Iloilo City politics

BY HERBERT VEGO Tuesday, April 11, 2017 ON THE day Panay News broke the news that Councilor Jeffrey Ganzon had met with President Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte in...

NO FILTER | Alternative Malacañang

BY RHICK LARS VLADIMERALBAY Tuesday, April 11, 2017 LIKE THE harbinger of the apocalypse, a marginal dip in the performance and trust ratings of President Rodrigo...