Category: Opinion

WHOEVER is maintaining the “Jerry Treñas” Facebook or Meta account is doing both Iloilo City Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas and his Ilonggo constituents a big service.

When the pandemic hit in 2020, my youngest child who was then in fourth grade was enrolled in a private school, in fact has been entering private learning institutions since she was three.

Social Media has never ceased to surprise me. I first began with a Friendster account (now you have an idea how young I am), and I was amazed at how we are able to connect with those we were looking for, wanted to stay away from, and with mere strangers in no particular order. 

EVEN if Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio will hire the best accountants and spin masters in the Philippines to help her wiggle out from her present predicament, the P125 million representing the “confidential funds” her office had “spent” for only 11 days, according to the Commission on Audit (COA), is hard to justify.

The United States of America has revealed to the world that China has been spending “billions of dollars annually on foreign information manipulation”. In a report published by the US State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), it said that China has engaged in acquiring stakes in foreign media, sponsored online influencers and even sought to co-opt with foreign political elites and journalists. The mission include propaganda, disinformation and censorship while promoting positive news about China and the ruling Communist Party.

DEPARTMENT of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) OIC regional director Sonny Boy Oropel appeared to be unhappy with the criticism they received from the media and the public after he announced the temporary or “soft” opening of the scandal-ridden and defective P680-million (plus P200 million for “repair”) Ungka flyover (UFO) in Pavia, Iloilo starting September 21.

There’s a huge gap in children’s overall performance when parents get involved at schools vs. do not.

We have an ONLY child. I put the emphasis because he is the only in almost anything in our family.

After a long hiatus from K and C dramas, I recently found myself watching the popular Fireworks of My Heart, a Chinese drama top-billed by actors Yang Yang and Wang Churan.

THE many restrictions imposed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the “temporary” reopening of the much-vilified and defective P680-million (plus P200-million for the “repair”) Ungka flyover (UFO) in Pavia, Iloilo can be compared to a newly built but poorly constructed house turned over by the builder to the homeowner and his family for a short-term use.

For as long as I can remember, I have been a fan of the Royal Family, UK edition.

Tadaima! It’s great to be back in the industry they say has no bread to offer and people suggested I must not pursue. They failed on convincing me though. I finished Journalism at West Visayas State University in 2003 and became a feature writer, columnist, and news reporter for print media.