BACOLOD CITY — Walter Cronkite, known as the “most trusted man in America” died Friday at the age of 92. He was a radio and television man.
Cronkite is known as the premier anchorman of CBS Evening News and dominated media during his time, listened to by millions of Americans which, surveys reported, no anchorman had [...]

BACOLOD CITY — Rafael “Lito” Coscolluela was provincial governor of Negros Occidental from 1992 to 2001 succeeding Daniel “Bitay” Lacson who did not run for reelection in 1992. Coscolluela was his vice governor.
Both Lacson and Coscolluela left a legacy in public service as honest officials. Coscolluela, however, during the last days of his term, was [...]

BACOLOD CITY — One thing I enjoy about my column writing is the feedback, the participation of my readers.
On my item last Tuesday “Wars were fought over food,” Rep. Jose Carlos “Kako” Lacson texted me. “You were right. Wars were fought over the need for food. But, I think, water will also be fought for [...]

BACOLOD CITY — I find interesting and also amusing the story of the “Draw!” between City Councilor Al Victor Espino and mediaman Franklin Villanueva. I don’t have the true story, and probably we can never have one because there will be two versions, Espino’s and Villanueva’s.
What I got from radio and news reports are sketchy.
What [...]

I cannot get my mind out of a frustration that our country has failed to produce food for our people as shown by the billions of pesos we spend every year to import rice.
It is frustrating that, after Marcos, we neglected to give importance to our rice production as we kept on importing rice year [...]

Food security is a very serious problem. Famine kills poor people.
The Philippines is the world’s biggest rice importer. During Marcos era we were exporting rice. At that time too, we were the world’s fourth biggest sugar exporter. Now, we import sugar heavily.
Reports said that because of climate change, by 2020 rice production may drop to [...]

The controversial, most well-dressed – that is the linggo for media people who have plenty of suits – is back in town from his Texas home in the U.S. Suits here mean court suits. And, on record, Romeo Niere has 86 of them but has never stepped inside a prison wall.
He arrived last week but [...]

BACOLOD CITY — Gov. Isidro Zayco is right. The Freddie Marañon – Bebing Zayco team for the 2010 gubernatorial and vice-gobernatorial slate is not final yet.
We can never have a final team until the certificates of candidacy are filed. All speculations.
Although I have the feeling the party leaders of both United Negros Alliance and the [...]

BACOLOD CITY — Monday night, we attended the turnover ceremonies of the District Governorship of Rotary International District 3850 from Outgoing District Governor Emma Nava to Incoming District Governor Edgar Sy of the Rotary Club of Bacolod.
Something I observed new was that the joint induction of all officers of 12 Rotary Clubs in Negros Occidental [...]

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It is nice to know DAILY STAR is widely read abroad. But it is still nicer that they react and send us e-mail. They participate.
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I received three letters through the e-mail from three continents, Africa, Europe, and the U.S. Let [...]