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Thank God I have sewing skills by Pinay New Yorker on Jun 30, 2011Before I became Mrs. Gonzalez, my husband used to have my mother-in-law do all his garment repairs and mending. Mind you, my mother-in-law is an accomplished “mananahi“, having put together my (ex) sister-in-law’s  bridal wear back...

Rotarians and community building by Iloilo Views on Jul 9, 2010I OFFICIALY became a Rotarian last night, on the occasion of the induction of the newly-elected officers of the Rotary Club of Iloilo, generally referred to as the “mother club”, which is the third oldest Rotary club in the Philippines. The Rotar...

A president and a bishop by Iloilo Views on Jul 2, 2010I WAS one of the millions of Filipinos glued to their television sets last June 30 to witness the inauguration of the 15th President of the Philippines, Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III. There have been mixed reviews on how the program proceeded: some ha...

Freedom of Information by Iloilo Views on Jun 4, 2010The lobby for the passage of the Freedom of Information bill has intensified to make sure the members of the House of Representatives see the light and acknowledge the value of the legislation before Congress adjourns sine die. The landmark bill, whi...

No clowns allowed by Iloilo Views on Apr 23, 2010IN recent weeks, I had the privilege of sitting as panelist in some of the candidates’ forums organized by the local Aksyon Radyo, led by my friends John Paul Tia and Joel Tormon , in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Iloilo – the third oldes...

A derby by Iloilo Views on Apr 21, 2010FOR several weeks now, the local ABS-CBN station has been running a breakfast show called Sambuwa, in which candidates in the forthcoming elections get to present themselves to the viewing voters. In Sambuwa, candidates discuss their platforms of gov...

Educating voters by Iloilo Views on Apr 5, 2010A FREE, open, and honest election is the cornerstone of democracy. The right of qualified citizens to vote and to have their votes counted keeps alive democratic ideals, more specifically the principles of republicanism. If an election is riddled wit...

Endangered by Iloilo Views on Mar 26, 2010A GOOD friend, Dr. Shirley Lua of De La Salle University, has given me a copy of Endangered, a compendium of scholarly papers presented at the First International Congress on Fil-Hispanic Architecture. Shirley is a writer and Cultural Studies scholar...

Alternative law by Iloilo Views on Mar 9, 2010THIS April, the Supreme Court is expected to release the results of the 2009 Bar exams. The Bar is arguably the most awaited of all professional exams; in fact, the only one national broadsheets reserve front page space for. Recent Philippine history...

May 10 scare by Iloilo Views on Mar 2, 2010WHEN McLuhan Fellow Inday Espina-Varona Friday last week asked who among the McLuhan Forum audience knew the guidelines on the automated elections on May 10, only 10 of the more than 200 warm bodies at the West Visayas State University venue replied...