WHERE in the world can you find a country destroying its own reserve army? Only in the Philippines. This it did by abolishing the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in college.
Even peaceful Switzerland has one of the best reserve forces in the world. The annual active duty training of its reservists is a must for [...]

WHAT is El Niño and La Niña?
El Niño is a climate phenomenon characterized by long periods of hot, dry season. It starts in Peru (South America) with a rapid warming of the sea surface. This warm water is slowly brought by the north equatorial current across the Pacific Ocean and to the Philippines.
It brings flood, [...]

THE Reproductive Health Bill (RHB) had sparked debates raising this issue: Is it really good for the people?
To start with, let us first accept that God created man. Without Him, man is nothing. Thus, we must be very grateful to Him. Above all, we must love Him as our Father.
How can we love God? Of [...]

Flying By full movie One hundred and eight years ago this month of April, the present four provinces in West Visayas were established under the American regime.

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The Land That Time Forgot video
To begin with, on February 6, 1901, the Philippine Commission (the legislative body then) passed Act 83 (A General Act [...]

LT. COL. CARLOS P. Romulo – the last man off Bataan, was at the Manduriao airport of Iloilo City when Bataan fell to the Japanese on April 19, 1942.
He left Cabcaben Airport in Bataan under heavy Japanese shelling around 1 a.m. of April 9, 1942 and landed in Mindanao at dawn.
After taking his breakfast at the [...]

IN 1805, SIXTY bandits from Alimodian, Iloilo led by Magua-ay attacked the pueblo of Anggoy.
Some inhabitants through prior notice of the coming of the bandits gathered at the convent to help parish priest Padre Nicolas Concepcion defend the church.
When the bandits arrived at night they forced open the church door. Then a strange, very bright light [...]

IN WESTERN VISAYAS, there are some towns named after animals:
Libacao – This place was formerly called Aglangka – from langka (jackfruit). It was said to be ruled by a woman named Abo-ab who spent her fortune on building roads and clearing the forest.

ON MARCH, the relics of St. Therese of the Child Jesus will again visit Iloilo. This will be its second time in Iloilo thru the sponsorship of the Carmelite sisters of Jaro, the saint being a Carmelite nun. It first time was during the Great Jubilee year 2000. The relics consists of a piece of [...]

TWO TOWNS in Negros Occidental were named after a legend of one snake. When Mt. Kanlaon erupted, a large snake came out of its crater and swam down the river to the sea.

TWO towns in Iloilo are named after sand – Igbaras and Balasan. Igbaras was named by the Atis even before the Spaniards came. They prefix “ig” means “there is.” Hence, Igbaras means “there is sand” or baras.
Igbaras is on the bank of the Tangyan river which is abundant in sand.