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Thursday, December 26, 2024

Negros Beat

The road and the gold

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN SOME 3,200 farming families in one of the nine “poorest towns” in Negros Occidental is currently pinning hope in the P513,387,538.01...

‘That’s it, pansit!’

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN THE ADMINISTRATION of President Bongbong Marcos has just revealed its “Magic 12” senatorial slate for the May 2025 midterm elections. The 12  are...

‘Marhaba’

MARHABA is an alien terminology to many. It’s an Arabic (Muslim) word which means “welcome” in English. Marhaba is now the “talk of the town”,...

Jed’s tale

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN FORMER Iloilo City mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog is home at last after seven years in exile in the US. His homecoming...

Wanted: NextGen farmers in WV

By ERWIN 'AMBO' DELILAN THE REGION-WIDE search is on for the next generation (nextgen) of farmers in Region 6 / Western Visayas. The Agriculture Training Institute...

‘Riot’ on Facebook

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN UNIMAGINABLE, but it happened so fast. ‘Twas a “riot” on Facebook after Abang Lingkod party-list’s Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano announced on Monday,...

‘Seriously considering’

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN THERE’S exactly 19 days left before the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) for the May 2025 midterm elections begins. The “political...

The ‘Cains and Abels’ in Negros

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN ON AUGUST 26, some 200 politicos from Negros and Siquijor islands took their oath as members of the ruling Partido Federal...

‘Love Child’

NEGROS BEAT By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN “LOVE CHILD” is a movie. It is about a boy born to Negrense parents and diagnosed with autism when he...

Confidence test

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN “UNHAPPY but satisfied.” So said Roel Castro, president of Negros Electric and Power Corporation (Negros Power) right after they successfully trouble...