First of two parts
MORE than a century-and-a-half ago, fotografía is as an alien concept to the archipelagic colony of Spain in the Pacific. Similarly, it is also an alien concept in much of Asia. To some degree, Europe was only beginning to embrace the newfound art technology. After all, the daguerreotype of 1839 was still [...]

AT THE VERY LEAST, it wasn’t even concocted from the pigment of my imagination or the imagination of The Daily Guardian!  At the very most, it was the truth, the ultimate truth.  That was, the photo of four students that appeared in the front page of this paper last Mar. 6. 
Imagine my shock when I [...]

AT THE VERY LEAST, it was a bad joke.  At the very most, it was the Lilliputian of all Lilliputian affairs. Even the lamest Dinagyang gig can draw a crowd! So yes, by all accounts, the crowd who congregated at the promenade of the Iloilo Provincial Capitol in last Friday’s interfaith rally failed to convince [...]

IMAGINE my horror Monday morning when I heard over the radio an announcer condemning one of the tribes for excluding the reverence to the Sr. Sto. Niño.
Let me reiterate. The Dinagyang is an apocryphal celebration! There are still those who are oblivious to one of the greatest tall tales ever told – that the Dinagyang [...]