Mayor Jed confirms Ynion ‘friendship’ text on Aug 15, 2011 in Herbert Vego Powwow WOW ◙ The Daily Guardian APPEARING on the cable-TV show Panay Monitor last Friday, Mayor Jed Mabilog answered “yes” to my question on whether his perceived detractor, The News Today publisher Rommel Ynion, had texted him a reconciliatory note. As partially quoted in my p...
The Sultan’s Pride on Aug 14, 2011 in Nereo Lujan The Public Realm ◙ Panay News ◙ The Daily Guardian Chief Supt. Cipriano E. Querol, father of the infamous gun ban in Northern Iloilo, must have been envious of his elder brother Vidal who is addressed “His Excellency” for being the ambassador of the Philippines to Indonesia. The title sounds dign...
Delicadeza o pulitika? on Aug 13, 2011 in Artchil Fernandez Hot and Spicy ◙ The Daily Guardian “IF Zubiri is declared senator, it will be a Pyrrhic victory for him. Like President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PGMA) he will be carrying a dubious mandate, his being a senator questioned and challenged by the people. Anywhere he goes he will be houn...
On borrowed earth on Aug 11, 2011 in Human Face Ma. Ceres P. Doyo ◙ Philippine Daily Inquirer As I trudged closer to the mountain’s windy peak, the dark jungle slowly broke open. Then, without warning, a million peach-colored flowers surged forward and I was swallowed waist deep in a lush ocean of color. And I thought, what place on earth i...
Incompetence on Aug 8, 2011 in Nereo Lujan The Public Realm ◙ Panay News ◙ The Daily Guardian Chief Supt. Cipriano Querol, father of the infamous gun ban in Northern Iloilo, uses the title “HRH” which stands for “His Royal Highness” because he was “enthroned” in February as the Sultan of Panay by his Muslim brothers and sisters. B...
Poll rigging probes take a heavy toll on Aug 4, 2011 in Amando Doronila Analysis ◙ Philippine Daily Inquirer Investigations into cheating allegations in two national elections in the space of three years—the 2004 presidential polls and the 2007 congressional and senatorial elections—have taken a heavy toll on the integrity of the Philippine electoral s...
‘That she may dance again’ on Aug 4, 2011 in Human Face Ma. Ceres P. Doyo ◙ Philippine Daily Inquirer “To become an interruption, perhaps a prophet to the Church hierarchy that for so long has denied women of equal dignity and full humanity.” This is the opening lines of the foreword of the book “That She May Dance Again: Rising from pain of vi...
A test for the new ombudsman on Aug 2, 2011 in Amando Doronila Analysis ◙ Philippine Daily Inquirer THE SIXTH plunder case against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was lodged at the Office of the Ombudsman on July 26, hot on the heels of the appointment the day before of a new ombudsman, retired Supreme Court Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales...
HRH: High Rate Hooker on Aug 1, 2011 in Nereo Lujan The Public Realm ◙ Panay News ◙ The Daily Guardian Whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first crown them Sultan of Panay. And destruction is already saluting the second Sultan of Panay, His Royal Highness Cipriano Querol Jr., successor to the throne of His Royal Highness Feliciano Entrencherado, the p...
P-Noy and ‘the grace of office’ on Jul 28, 2011 in Human Face Ma. Ceres P. Doyo ◙ Philippine Daily Inquirer WILL “THE grace of office” carry him through? After Benigno Aquino III was proclaimed landslide winner in last year’s presidential elections, I did a page 1 article (May 23, 2010) on the so-called “grace of office” supposedly divinely besto...
