“A PREMIER City by 2015” is the campaign line of the current city administration of Iloilo. The first time we learned about this was on a billboard and now, we read the slogan imprinted on tin license plates issued to business establishments.
We looked up the word premier in the dictionary. It is an adjective which […]

SOMETIME in April last year, we wrote a column asking: “Do We Need More Taxis and Cars for Hire?”
At that time, Cebu Pacific announced that they have forged a partnership with Europcar, a giant foreign rent-a-car company operating in 179 countries, for the latter to provide rental service to the thousands of Cebu Pacific […]

HOUSE Bill No. 4256 has been filed by our Congressman to convert Iloilo City’s Lone District into two. It passed Third Reading in the House and it would now go to the Senate for deliberation.
Under the bill, Jaro, La Paz and Mandurriao, with a total of 97 barangays, will compose the First Congressional District, while […]

MAYBE it is a blessing in disguise that the building of our city hall was stalled for lack of interested bidders on account of the increasing cost of building materials.
With the suspension of the project, it will be a good opportunity to re-think the idea of borrowing from a bank P350 million for the […]

THE idea of constructing a new city hall for Iloilo City by the present local administration was started way back in 2006 when it commissioned a well-known architect to prepare two plans for the project.
The first plan was for a huge nine-storey building (floor area, 14,000 square meters), with additional two floors for underground parking, […]

IT has been more than one month since Iloilo City was hit by the biggest flood ever, yet the debris or rubbish as a consequence of the deluge is still in many areas of the city. The drainage or the potholes on the roads have not been fixed also. Where is the City Engineer?
You know, […]

THE common scene we see after a flood are people with tickets lining up to exchange these for plastic bags of rice, noodles and sardines from politicians, celebrities, civic clubs or other do-gooders that cone to town.
We have witnessed on several occasions this kind of aid distribution. We do not see happy faces or pride […]

IN OUR recent trip to Manila, we had the chance to visit the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP) headquarters on A. Soriano Avenue corner Arzobispo Street, Intramuros, Metro Manila where we once served as Director while active in the industry a few years ago.
RBAP is one of the oldest and most extensive trade […]

AT the height of the flood in Iloilo, many extended help and gave food to people at rooftops or in beleaguered flooded areas.
Some donors and government officials take advantage to have publicity by having their pictures taken or had radio or TV coverage as they hand aid to the victims. So the good Lord in […]

TYPHOON Frank has exited but the flood it brought left hundreds of homes and vehicles destroyed or disabled on account of the inundation that reached near the rooftops in some areas of Metro Iloilo.
Traffic is back to normal but we still have mud on the roads deposited by floodwaters from the hillsides and the Perimeter […]