SECRETARY Augusto “Boboy” Syjuco, director general of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, entertains no illusion of clinging on to said post when the term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ends in May 2010. It would be more logical to expect him to run for a Senate seat, since his better half, Congresswoman Judy Syjuco […]

IF the cops can’t protect us from criminals, we need to arm ourselves for our own protection, some city folks comment. Others express apprehension about an unsafe rest at night because criminals might attack them while sleeping.
Cops are always caught flatfooted or with their pants down as criminals easily hit their target in broad daylight.
The […]

THE last time we passed by barangay Nabitasan, site of the development of Henry Chusuey’s Prime Estate, we saw a billboard advertising the subdivision as “flood-free,” obviously to attract lot buyers.
Well, it’s not funny. Hadn’t we seen the same teaser posted at the entrance of Westwoods Subdivision in Barangay Dungon until June 21, 2008 when […]

THE guy was not after all a nincompoop. For he was staring and flipping something that was strange and unfamiliar to him - something that was passed as a permit but was not really a permit; because he was told by his superiors no such permits are being issued to regular buses. […]

I WAS born in the time of Ramon Magsaysay (1907-1957), the beloved of Philippine Presidents. Sad to tell, he died on a plane crash on my very third birthday on March 17, 1957, eight months away from his term’s end. Mother, a devoted fan of Magsaysay, cried a lot so father told me when the […]

WHEN Department of Justice (DOJ) Sec. Raul Gonzalez Sr. announced his son Cong. Raul Jr. has filed a resolution in Congress to divide Iloilo City into two congressional districts, he also disclosed the agenda behind the plan.
The secretary claimed that the two congressional districts mean also two Countrywide Development Fund (CDF) of P70 million each […]

THE controversial Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Arroyo regime and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is supposed to be the bearer of peace. As trumpeted by the Arroyo regime it is the key to lasting peace in Mindanao. But instead of peace, the MOA has become the instrument of war. […]

MOTORCYCLE riders should not blame Land Transportation Office–6 director Gerard Camiña for the implementation of LTO’s administrative Order (AO) No. 2008-15 prescribing the rules and regulations for the use and operation of motorcycles on highways.
In Section 1, paragraph “g” of AO 2008-5, it clearly states that all motorcycle riders are required to wear protective devices […]

THE information drive of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) on safety of motorcycle riders has no corrective, only punitive measures. Not wearing crash-helmet while driving has a fine of One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos.
If the present P40.00 fine already hurts a poor driver’s pocket. What’s more for the one thousand five hundred pesos? I’m sure […]

IF there’s anything expected of Antique Governor Sally Zaldivar Perez in the past few days, it’s her response to the sexual scandals that have besmirched her province. The last of these scandals involved a married male capitol employee doing oral sex with a married woman in front of a cell phone camera. The short “movie” […]