On the eve of the May 10 elections in 2010, four supporters of a candidate for mayor were killed while five others were wounded when policemen opened fire at their vehicles in Tibiao town, Antique.
On May 13, John Michael Serenio woke up early and was beaming with excitement. He wheeled his wheelchair to Lopez Jaena Elementary School in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, about 250 meters away from his house, so he could start his duties.
Results of the gubernatorial race in Negros Occidental will be a gauge of how much clout the so-called titans and kingmakers of the province still have on the province’s politics.
While others hide in the closet, the mayor of Leyte, a sleepy town in Leyte province, is proud to be gay. Mayor Arnold James Ysidoro says his sexuality doesn’t affect how he leads his 37,000 constituents.
He was once the most powerful man in Antique, who was jailed for nine years on charges that he had his staunch political rival killed shortly before the People Power revolt in 1986.
Had it not been for Antonio Pigafetta, the ethnographer, people would know very little about explorer Ferdinand Magellan and the world’s first successful circumnavigation.
As the people were getting ready to dance on the eve of the fiesta celebration in Hinabangan town in Samar province, a single gunshot rang out and hit the guest of honor, Mayor Reynaldo Uy of Calbayog City. Not even Uy’s bullet-proof vest and a bunch of bodyguards could save him.
Lucilla Vallarta Yncierto refuses to be weighed down by problems. Instead, she keeps a pleasant disposition, which, her relatives say, is her secret to long life.
He may not be considered in the league of the country’s renowned national heroes such as Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio. But there is one Visayan hero who fought for the nation’s independence from Spain with the same vigor and passion.
For several decades now, the mere mention of Semana Santa (Holy Week) on Bantayan Island in northern Cebu conjures up images of a fiesta.
Does anyone have a P500 bill?” Antonio Oposa Jr., a renowned environmental lawyer, asked the audience last month in the James Herring Audio Visual Room at Foundation University in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.
Romeo Pogoso considers the presence of 20 giant clams in their coastal village in Dauis town in Bohol “a big risk.” This meant that residents must now double their efforts to protect the “taclobo” in their Marine Protective Area (MPA) in Barangay Bingag, according to the village chair.
Dexter Condez had learned to fight for his rights at a young age. When he was in Grade 4, he stopped going to school because he was teased and bullied by his classmates for being an Ati. Articulate and passionate, he believed that a person’s worth is not measured by the color of the skin.
