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Thursday, November 28, 2024

Winds of Sugarlandia

From Bacolod to Davao

BY MATÉ ESPINA DAVAO City has seen a surge of COVID-19 cases recently prompting the Palace to send there, Gen. Melquiades Feliciano who just left...

‘Orange the World’

BY MATÉ ESPINA NEGROS Occidental has started with its 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence with a series of webinars initiated by the Negros...

Water, water everywhere

BY MATÉ ESPINA AN ARTICLE from the New York Times highlighted the devastation caused by Typhoon “Ulysses” in Cagayan with this line – it is...

The hunt for ‘prayer warriors’

BY MATÉ ESPINA NEGROS Occidental is tracking down “five professional prayer warriors” who may be unaware of spreading the virus around as they transfer from...

Earthquakes

BY MATÉ ESPINA AS TYPHOON “Ulysses” battered Luzon, reports of earthquakes rocked Negros Island last Thursday. Dumaguete reporter, Judy Flores posted feeling an earthquake, followed by...

Women power

BY MATÉ ESPINA NO CANNON shots, no marches, no recognition of Negrenses last Thursday as Negros Occidental suspended the celebration of Cinco de Noviembre, a...

#NasaanAngPangulo

BY MATÉ ESPINAAS LUZON was being battered by Typhoon “Rolly”, said to be the world’s strongest storm for 2020, the country’s top leader was...

From hundreds to zero

BY MATÉ ESPINABACOLOD City was given a reprieve for a couple of days after it registered zero-case for Monday and one on Tuesday. It...

Quinta’s wrath

BY MATÉ ESPINA NEGROS Island was not in the path of Typhoon Quinta, nor was it listed in the critical areas of the weather bureau,...

Civil unions for same-sex couples

BY MATÉ ESPINA THE WORLD is abuzz with the declaration of Pope Francis that same-sex couples must be protected by civil union laws. It dislodged...