By: Dean Emeritus Cesar T. Tirol University of San Agustin College of Law MANY legal-sounding words are being tossed about, which could also affect other paradise islands in the Philippines. It is said that February of last year the NAMRIA (National Mapping and Resource Authority) counted 7,507 and only 2000 are inhabited while the rest are […]
Tag: Iloilo Opinion news
Magallon’s security tags
MAYOR Magdaleno Peña of Magallon or Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental has taken an unusual step, bold decision to protect his town and its citizens – he adopted “security tagging and random identification (system) to promote public safety, maintain peace and order and prevents acts of terrorism” in his town. His move immediately got the flak […]
Journalist Herbert Vego and the New York Parade
“And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton NEW YORK CITY — I’m glad to know that a legitimate and truly respected veteran journalist from Iloilo City, Philippines will be coming to New York City to chronicle the 120th […]
Madulom ang tanan
Ay nano, indi na priority ni mayor Bing of Bacolod ang turismo sa Bacolod? Nag ligad nga kaagahon, naka pass by ako dira sa Airport road Kay nag pangita ta sg kinawala sa Silay Airport. Ay abaw, ang part sg highway nga iya sg Bacolod pwerteeeeee gd ka dulom. Wala gd tana suga. Sus masyado […]
Ilonggo Fil-Am customer: Don’t boycott Starbucks
“I noticed that I got a better space in the line in Starbucks when I had my tattoo. People associate tattoos with a certain edge. Then I open my mouth, and something completely different comes out.” – Wentworth Miller NEW YORK CITY – A Filipino-American “regular” of Starbucks has urged his fellow Fil-Ams “not to […]
Demonic possession-2
LAST Saturday I wrote about the report that the demand for exorcism in Italy has reached 500,000 a year. That means over 1,000 daily. Although the City of Rome is different from the Vatican, it is equated with the seat of the Catholic Church and is thus a prime target. Demonic possession and heresy have […]
Treasonous hypocrisy
THE Du30 administration is dripping with treason. Even its hypocrisy is treasonous. Two incidents this week highlighted how hypocritical and treacherous the leadership of the country is. Both incidents involve foreigners and a foreign power. The contrasting behavior of Du30 in the two incidents once more emphasized not only the inconsistency of Du30 but his […]
How our patience should be
WE cannot deny that whether we like it or not, we need to have patience, lots of it, in our life. Otherwise, we cannot survive beyond our young age. There are just so many difficulties, problems, issues and all sorts of predicaments that would demand from us nothing less than patience–heroic, holy patience, in fact. […]
Of subsidence and saltwater intrusion
By: Edgar Mana-ay RECENTLY there are self-proclaimed experts and prophets of doom warning the public on subsidence and saltwater intrusion. Again, it would be for the benefit of the public if we put science into these two subjects rather than indulge in fake news and rumor-mongering Subsidence is the lowering of the ground level because of […]
Richard goes to social media for Janette
“A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.” – Frank Abagnale NEW YORK CITY – No one can now accuse him of just watching and doing nothing while […]
The sugar quota system
LAST month a group from the University of the Philippines interviewed me for about two hours about the Negros sugar industry, the origin and development of the hacienda system, rise of the hacendado class, the emergence and decline of the sacada labor force, the stagnation of the industry, among several others. To understand the industry, […]
Imitate the Good Shepherd
IF we truly want to be good Christians, we need to imitate Christ as the Good Shepherd. That is to say, that we have to learn to complicate our life to look for those who are lost. We just cannot be contented with taking care of those who are already somehow safe in the flock […]