HUMAN Rights took a quantum leap in Iloilo City with the conduct of the seminar, Ang Tawhanon nga Kinamatarung, last July 19 at the Sta. Teresa Prayer Center in Sambag, Jaro. In very detailed multimedia presentation, ang tawhanon nga kinamatarung (Ilonggo for human rights) were instilled in the most vulnerable sector of society for them […]

IT IS unfortunate that a vast number of Filipino laymen lack interest or understanding of Philippine history. This may have been brought about by an inadequate background in history and a general tendency on the part of the people to be less conscious of the value of the past to their present life. Or, maybe, […]

MUCH dialogues about, contraceptive, sterility, abortion, sex education had been made… and it boils down to one thing SEX… and no matter how the church campaigns for its morality the reality is… humans are sexual beings… our nature is to learn, explore, experiment and enjoy our sexuality and no one can inhibit us to do […]

The Spanish colonizers alleged that , when they arrived in the Philippines, they found the Filipinos, including the Bisayans, not to have any knowledge in writing and in reading. This allegation implies that the natives did not possess an alphabet and did not have a system of writing; therefore, they were said to be uncivilized.
Nevertheless, […]

The Pulahanes de Passi in the north-central part of Panay was a socio-religious group that reacted to the harsh conditions of the Spanish rule during the revolutionary period and, later, to American imperialist ambition. It must be pointed out that the voice of freedom came from both the middle class and the poorer sector of […]

BARRIO OBRERO, situated four kilometers away from the Iloilo downtown area across the Iloilo River, was once a mangrove swamp before it was settled by a good number of people. The place was inhabited when it served as a shelter for thousands of working families that became homeless resulting from a major conflagration that hit […]

ORANGE bead-earrings from the Mangyan dangle in my ears the same color as the Muslim scarf circling my neck, T’boli bells chime in the slightest movement of my hips, hand woven bag made from Cordillera hangs in my shoulder, Nito bracelets from the Atis in Guimaras adorns my wrists, naive needle work from the Panay-Bukidnon […]

ILOILO CITY Vice Mayor Jed Mabilog in a message sent to and published by The News Today (TNT) conveyed that the devastation brought by Typhoon Frank was a message from and of God.
I considered –briefly- telling that to thousands of Ilonggo families whose lives are forever changed by the mudslides, landslides, floodwaters up to 15-feet […]

FOR US WHO were spared by the wrath and fury of Typhoon Frank, each new day means yet another chance and opportunity to go about with our usual schedules. Then at the end of that day, we and our loved ones go back to the confines of our homes, eat at the dinner table and […]

THE FLOOD that ravaged Iloilo City and a number of municipalities in the province last Saturday surprised almost everyone. Everybody was caught flat-footed, so to speak. Some say this is the worst to have happened since the 1995 flood that hit the city. Calls for rescue flooded radio stations but apparently there was lack of […]