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Opinion: Tragic Death of a Nephew
Jonel Palotes is my nephew. He was the eldest son of my only sister. On April 18 he went to Manapla to follow up the correction on his birth certificate where the spelling of the word Palotes, the e...
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Opinion: Negros Occ. is Stable Under Gov. Marañon
Only a few weeks from now is election time. At the time of this writing, the heat is on with Gov. Freddie Marañon and Vice Gov. Lim-ao Alvarez. Many in Cadiz are asking me why I stick with Gov. Marañon...
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Opinion: Requested Friends and Relatives to Help Monico
During the wake of my mother and nephew, many friends and relatives came from Bacolod to sympathize with us. Since we are not living in Bacolod anymore, I asked friends and relatives from Bacolod to...
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Opinion: The Burial Of My Nephew Who Was Drowned
My nephew Jonel Palotes who was drowned at Northland Hotel & Resort located at the town of Manapla was buried at Barangay Mabini Public Cemetery on April 27 at 3 o’clock.His nurse sister who works...
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Opinion: Critical Comments Of Former La Carlota City Mayor
I heard over the radio last week the critical comments of former Mayor Juancho Aguirre of La Carlota City on LTO’s smoke test. He was clamoring on the long lines of vehicles undergoing smoke test. He...
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Opinion: Lone Poster on the Fence
Only few days to election time, I discovered one lone poster being on the fence of our place at Gustilo St., Cadiz City. It’s the poster of candidate for senator Tingting Cojuangco. She is the aunt of...
View ArticleLocal News: 68 PCOS Machines, 68 CF Cards in Negros Found ‘Defective’
s the region, where additional police force is needed.* Sixty-eight defective Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS ) machines were monitored by the Commission on Elections in Negros Occidental during the...
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Opinion: Time Out
My family was busy last week. Our only daughter who lives in New York was on her vacation and asked the whole immediate family time for bonding before she leaves. She was busy here and there as if...
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Opinion: Balaring and a Trip to Binalbagan
If not for my daughter, I did not know that there’s such a place in Negros known as Balaring. I wrote the other day about Campuestohan, where my daughter had discovered in the internet while she was in...
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Opinion: Mayor Emmanuel I. Aranda of Binalbagan
Mr. Pio Geaga reminded us to leave as soon as possible for the ancestral house of the Villafranca as Mayor Emmanuel I. Aranda of Binalbagan would be waiting for us. Mayor Aranda is married to one scion...
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Opinion: The Mabini Elementary School Alumni Homecoming
Last week my schoolmates at Mabini Elementary School held an alumni homecoming. I was one of those asked for a message. One of those asked for a message was Chief of Police of Kabankalan City Calixto...
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Opinion: On The ‘Gate Of Hell’
There was a great uproar from the Philippines when Dan Brown called Manila the gate of hell in his book of fiction. Everytime a foreigner makes comment about the inadequacy of this country, instead for...
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Opinion: A Precarious Situation
Last week there was a reclining electric post of VRESCO in Mabini St. Cadiz City that is on a precarious situation for the vehicles and persons passing by. The post may fall down anytime and may cause...
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Opinion: Death Of A Friend
I received a text from Ombet Rosales informing me that his father Alfredo died three days ago. I know Alfredo "Fred" Rosales way back in my New York days. "Uncle" Jun Velasco introduced him to me. Fred...
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Opinion: The Kidnapping Issue in Cadiz
Last week it’s all over the airlanes that a second year college student of Philippine Normal University was kidnapped while riding a tricycle from the Ceres Bus Station and came to realize after she...
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Opinion: A Visit by Rev. Fr. Dan Parcon
Almost three weeks ago, Rev. Fr. Dan Parcon gave us a surprise visit in our home. He is the present administrator of the Diocese of San Carlos after Bishop Jose Advincula went to Capiz as his new...
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Opinion: Conversation With Fr. Jason Marco
The candidate for Bishop of the Diocese of San Carlos Rev. Fr. Dan Parcon installed Fr. Jason Marco as our administrator priest at San Lorenzo Ruiz Quasi Parish when our priest Fr. Filmor Amparado is...
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Opinion: Who’s Tungkung Langit, Alunsina and F. Landa Jocano?
Teaching Philippine Literature at Cedar College, I found out how misleading some of our textbooks being officially used by the schools and students. Sometime ago, an educator of Miriam College made a...
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Opinion: A Visit By Christy Cordero
A long time friend in New York surprised me. He called me from Iloilo where he is building a home.Christy Cordero who went to New York in 1992 is now a millionaire many times over. His sacrifice for...
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Opinion: I Pity the Birds
Last week when I was on my way to fetch my friend Christy Cordero at Bredco Port, I saw a group of caged Maya at the back of a motorcycle going to Bacolod. The riders are couple, perhaps husband and...
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