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Thursday, November 28, 2024

Winds of Sugarlandia

Legal raps vs returning OFWs

BY MATÉ ESPINAFIVE returning overseas Filipino workers (OFW) may face legal action against the provincial government for allegedly withholding information about their travel history...

Floods anew

BY MATÉ ESPINA FLOOD waters hit Negros Occidental again, this time in San Carlos City, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents and made roads...

A tragic end

BY MATÉ ESPINA PRECILLA Mediona, 50, spent four years away from her family to work in Manila in order to provide food on their table. Last...

Sleepless, anxious, terrified.

BY MATÉ ESPINA MIXED emotions from people of the third district after nonstop rains battered northern Negros Occidental, forcing thousands to evacuate. Just a week after...

Not a good start for 2021

BY MATÉ ESPINA THE YEAR that was wreaked havoc in our lives and everybody was looking forward to bid it adieu and celebrate with hope...

A stark difference

BY MATÉ ESPINA TWO stories about purchasing vaccines for its populace came out in local news yesterday. One was of Bacolod Mayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia who,...

Thank you Iloilo!

BY MATÉ ESPINA YESTERDAY, Iloilo City celebrated the 164th birth anniversary of national hero, Graciano Lopez Jaena. I was able to take part in it as...

Catching-up with Iloilo

BY MATÉ ESPINA IT PAYS to have an ally. Iloilo has Sen. Franklin Drilon, Negros has Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri who vowed to help...

Yanson saga continues

BY MATÉ ESPINA MONEY really can’t buy happiness. Over a year and a half of squabbling as to who should head the Vallacar Transit Inc., the...

‘Least and lost’

BY MATÉ ESPINA WIN SOME, lose some. That happened to the University of St. La Salle who had a couple of days to celebrate the...