By Ducky Paredes
FORMER MWSS Administrator Lorenzo Jamora was recommended to the post by Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales and for good reason. Raul’s provincemate had done well as Local Water Utilities Administrator.
In 2001 LWUA was in bad financial shape. Loan availments for various projects reached only P642 million. Collection of interest and principal payments from loans […]

WITH the complaints from rice farmers against the entry of cheap imported NFA rice, it is now clear, the government does not want to improve local production and is focusing instead on importation.
This is, in effect, subsidizing Thailand and Vietnam rice producers who are already fully subsidized by their own governments.
People who planned to expand […]

I’AM A STRONG believer in education as an indispensable key to advancement. And I also believe that the grand strategy for a renaissance of agriculture should have education as a major component.
Sadly, the state of agricultural education in the country leaves much to be desired. This is a fact best shown by a study prepared […]

ONE of the worst-hit areas during the onslaught of Typhoon Frank is the relocation site in Barangay Banguit, Cabatuan where about 90 families are residing. These families were displaced when government turned their farmlands into what is now the new Iloilo Airport.
The construction of the airport was hounded by controversies involving alleged corrupt practices, one […]

IloiloViews.com’s webmaster became one of the statistics in the recent disaster wrought by Typhoon Frank, thus, this site has not been updated since. But today, we are back. Thanks for your continued patronage.

YouTube is an interesting phenomena. Created in mid-February 2005, it is a video sharing website where anyone can upload, view and share video clips. By August 2006, according to Wikipedia citing a Wall Street Journal article, YouTube was already hosting about 6.1 million videos (requiring about 45 terabytes of storage space), and had about 500,000 […]

IS JUSTICE Secretary Raul Gonzalez on the way out? The report below from Inquirer.net gives us a glimpse on the political future of one of Iloilo’s controversial politicians.
Arroyo confirms Cabinet revamp
CEBU CITY – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has confirmed a looming shake-up in her Cabinet in the coming weeks, but kept mum on who among the officials […]

ILOILO, based on data from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, has the most expensive well-milled rice on the average during the period September 2007 to March 2008.

By Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo
EARTH DAY is an opportunity for us to express our appreciation, gratitude and protection for our earth which has been assigned to us by the Creator of the universe. Everyday is Earth Day.
We recall on EARTH DAY what Pope Benedict XVI said at his visit to the United Nations Organization: “International […]

By Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo
DO WE HAVE rice crisis or price crisis or both? What is the real situation? There seems to be at the same time some problem of accountability, transparency and credibility! NFA rice is at 18 pesos while commercial rice is at almost 40 pesos. A big problem for the poor! And […]