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Protect Tarriela, protect WPS

Some issues only feel “national” when they reach the dinner table. The West Philippine Sea (WPS) is one of them. You can ignore it...

Finally, a middle ground — but late

Dinagyang has always been the kind of festival you can feel before you see. Still, let us be honest: for many Ilonggos, seeing is...

Hala Bira! Hala Basura!

A week before Dinagyang, the city already changes its posture. Banderitas begin to bloom. Sound systems get tested. Food stalls start rehearsing their own...

Standing for Fr. Flavie V.

There are moments when public silence becomes a form of laziness. Not neutrality, not prudence, but the quieter vice of letting noise do the...

When tourism becomes personal branding

The criticism directed towards a magazine cover that featured Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco was never primarily about photography, layout, or even a single publication....

The problem with performative politics

You know politics is in trouble when it starts performing instead of working. Gestures get louder, statements sharper, and moments carefully staged. There are...

Violence vs women ends here

THE first thing I noticed this morning when I walked into ISUFST was not the usual chatter of teachers and staff rushing to their...

Resilience without the blindfold

THERE are moments when a word meant to uplift begins to sting. I felt that recently at the PGCA–Iloilo 2025 seminar at Iloilo Grand...

Planet first, people next, profit last

Ron Garan saw Earth from space for real—not just in science books or videos. It looked like it was glowing. Like it was alive....

When the river worked—and when we must

THERE are cities that drown with every headline, and there are cities that rise quietly with every storm. Iloilo, in part, belongs to the...

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