Iloilo ready to serve as host –Provincial School Board By Paulo Loreto Lim After the Iloilo Provincial Board recently gave the go-ahead for Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor, Sr. to sign a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Education (DepEd) Division of Iloilo, a total P22.7 million will be cleared for release in order …
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Vice mayor is first victim
“Fake it until you make it.” –Steven Tyler Sometime in 1997, a radio station in Iloilo City in the Philippines made a “flash” report that a woman had filed a case for sexual harassment and abandonment against then Vice Mayor Guillermo dela Llana. She claimed to be the vice mayor’s alleged inamorata. It spread like …
SHINee’s positive coping
Losing someone is hard. Losing someone to suicide is harder. I am not a fan of SHINee as I’m not totally into KPop. I do watched K-dramas, and the only idols I know are the ones who caught my attention while watching. Among all the SHINee members, I was only familiar with Choi Minho until …
A refusal to put up a façade
An ongoing situation that has been brewing over the past few years with a family member is expected to come to a head in a matter of days. It is something that is beyond awkward, but a matter that has been overblown to the point that my own integrity and competence has been called into …
Difficulty discerning the truth when it comes to comments on physical appearance
After a couple encounters this past week, am left confused over matters of personal appearance. Last week, had family over, and an aunt I hadn’t seen for a few months (maybe a year) – in typical fashion of most family members – at the same time as saying “Hi” made a weight comment, which was …
Participatory governance: Sincere commitment or rhetoric? (2)
On the role and functions of Office of Cabinet Secretary – Office of Participatory Governance (OCS-OPG). The OCS has yet to clearly set its conceptual and operational definition of participatory governance, sometime interchangeably referred to people empowerment, on the basis of historical facts and experiences. Let it be noted that Executive Order 9, Series of …
The man Mayor Joe III respects most
“This is the person you think is your antagonist, who ends up being your greatest ally: the person who pushes, criticizes, and challenges you to meet a standard of excellence you might not otherwise achieve.” –Bonnie Hammer If some allies and confidants of Iloilo City Mayor Jose ‘Joe III’ Espinosa III in the Philippines find …
Participatory governance: Sincere commitment or rhetoric? (1)
Participatory governance, or empowerment of the people in governance, is once again floated as one track of change that the Duterte administration vows to carry out. Apparently this seems to be more of rhetorics, a democratic embellishment, for a regime that rapidly veers awar from its campaign promises. No matter what and how the government …
Silay City Mayor wants local drug lord ‘dead or alive’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Silay City Mayor Mark Golez ordered city police chief, Police Superintendent Noel Polines, to capture local drug lord Michael Divinagracia “dead or alive.” In a recent interview with Aksyon Radyo-Bacolod, Golez said the arrest or death of Divinagracia would be the only solution to ending illegal drugs in the …
Thousands gather for the Jaro Fiesta
Thousands gathered yesterday in the Jaro district of Iloilo City as they celebrated the annual Jaro Fiesta, which honors the Nuestra Señora dela Candelaria. Events began with a 4:00 a.m. mass, with another taking place at 7:00 a.m. Devotees believe the image of the religious figure, earlier declared by Pope John Paul II as the patron saint for …