THE PROSPECTS of putting up a coal-fired power plant in Iloilo City by Panay Power Corp. appears headed for more trouble with the recent federal appeals court ruling in the United States against 32 coal-fired power plants in 13 states in the United States.
This February 8, 2008 court ruling requires each new coal-fired power plant in [...]

A LOT OF PEOPLE have asked this columnist where the Lopezes (Albertito, Inday Emily and their two children Albertito III and Celine) are. For answers, I would often call Siony, their long-time secretary for the Taos-Puso Foundation. The answers I get are either they are in Manila, abroad or she just does not know.
Just lately, [...]

JUST ASKING: Has the city already received its share of the taxes paid for in the purchase of the old Iloilo airport site by Megaworld?
According to a lawyer friend, Iloilo City’s share under the Local Government Code is 40% of taxes paid for the “utilization of the national wealth.”
The purchase price was, I think, P1.2 [...]

YESTERDAY, January 17, the Iloilo Capitol led by Gov. Niel Tupas, his wife and children, and his top aides led a simple ceremony commemorating the Capitol Siege last year.
During this siege, police with military back-up raided the government building on mission to remove the governor on orders of the Ombudsman. In the process, however, they [...]