BACOLOD CITY — It was very educational listening to my friend Vic Mercado in his program over Radio DYRL “Mercado Publico.”
Vic discussed a beautiful book, “Gone With The Wind” which has become a literary classic, authored by Margaret Mitchell in 1936 that sold a million copies in a few years and when made into a […]

BACOLOD CITY — Presidential elections, like in the U.S., fully covered by the press, issues and personalities so thoroughly scrutinized, candidates’ actions and reactions openly debated upon, present very valuable lessons to people planning to run for public office.
Why Barack Obama won the U.S. Presidency reveals very many lessons.
During the primary, Obama, a Senator from Illinois […]

BACOLOD CITY — I have not read so strong an accusation of corruption here than the one recently released by Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines President and Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, together with four other Bishops.
The Lagdameo statement accused President Arroyo and her administration as corrupt, that there is social and moral cancer, and […]

BACOLOD CITY — The United States elects its President today, November 4 to them. Whoever they choose, Barack Obama or John McCain no one will question.
We will not hear them making charges of cheating or mass vote buying. The Americans will not allow themselves to be cheated. Nor will they allow themselves to be bought.
You […]

BACOLOD CITY — Tomorrow we honor the dead. But it is not All Souls Day. All Souls Day is Sunday. Tomorrow is All Saints Day.
And why do we honor the souls tomorrow. Because all those who died are now saints.
Today I will be in Iloilo to bury my aunt, sister of my mother, who died […]

BACOLOD CITY — I saw this before: the beauty of House Bill No. 3306 of Rep. Monico Puentevella, known as the Right to Reply. It gets the author himself.
Joe Libo-on’s “Joe Live” program over Sunshine Channel, showed Congressman Monico Puentevella lambasting Mayor Bing Leonardia, City Legal Officer Allan Zamora, Councilors Greg Gasataya, and Bobby Rojas.
Zamora […]

BACOLOD CITY — History is divided into chapters called, Era, Age, or Epoch. This time can be called the Era of Bolante. And because history is the linkage between people and events, the Era of Bolante can be called the maturization or sadly, the immaturization of our people.
The verdict of history of this era is […]

BACOLOD CITY — What is a barker?
In the language of Bacolod media a barker is not a dog. A lap dog, yes. He or she is a paid hack, most often a broadcaster seldom a print personality, paid to malign his opponent, a politician or not.
Many may have misunderstood Congressman Monico Puentevella with his House […]

BACOLOD CITY — I could not find the proper adjective to describe the acts of former police comptroller General Eliseo de la Paz caught carrying cash of some $9.2 million in the Moscow airport. But shameless may not be the strongest word. Probably despicable, contemptible, brazen.
I was viewing the Senate investigation and saw how Sen. […]

BACOLOD CITY — Philamlife president and chief executive officer Jose L. Cuisia Jr. will meet with the press this afternoon at the Business Inn.
Mr. Cuisia will discuss the American Insurance Group announcement that it will refocus on its core property and casualty insurance business to repay its loan from the Federal Reserve System of New […]