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Negros Beat

Shabu and cigarette smuggling

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN THE MONTH of October is not just about the MassKara Festival and tropical storm Kristine. It is also about shabu and...

A dying wish fulfilled

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN IT IS SAID that fulfilling a dying wish is the highest form of respect from living relatives. I do agree. Thus, I...

‘Criollo’ in Bago

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN HAVE YOU heard the word “criollo”? Sounds foreign, thus weird, to Negrenses’ ears. “Criollo” connotes history and heritage for Bago City, or Negros...

Human consideration vs wrongdoing

HUMAN consideration is always associated with or synonymous to compassion, empathy or kindness. I am a believer of that. But turning human consideration into...

Nothing’s final yet

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ S. DELILAN AMID THE MassKara season, Bacolodnons and Negrosanons can’t help but glance at the latest updates on the “siblings’ war” in...

Politics and spaghetti

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN BACOLOD CITY’s ongoing MassKara Festival, in an unexpected twist, is being overshadowed by “spaghetti”, figuratively speaking. It refers to the tangled...

Fiscal Parpa’s fervent wish

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN IN HIS sunset moment, the 85-year-old retired Fiscal Rolando Parpa Sr. has a fervent wish – the revival of the 56-year-old...

‘Quiz bee’ in Bacolod politics

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN THE DRAMA, suspense, and mind-boggling moves are over for Bacolod City politics. Billionaire Mayor Albee Benitez is no longer running for mayor....

‘Green’ passion

BY ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN ON SEPTEMBER 27 to 29, I was accidentally brought to San Joaquin, Iloilo. The place is a typical “where the sea meets the...

Women empowerment thru art

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN WOMEN empowerment and art are two different aspects in a society. World Vision, a global Christian humanitarian organization devoted to improving the lives of...