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Roxas to probe BIR for taxing sugar co-ops
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - September 13, 2008 - 12:00am
The outcry against the regional OIC director of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for taxing sugar cooperatives has ...
Sulpicio ordered to pay P16-M fine for ramming Iloilo port
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - September 11, 2008 - 12:00am
Well, it’s something like Peter’s Principle. Shortly after the Sulpicio Lines had undergone a lot of expenses for the MV Princess of the Stars’ sinking off Sibuyan in Romblon, the shipping company...
GMA to lead TU Iloilo sortie today
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - May 10, 2007 - 12:00am
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will barnstorm Iloilo City today for a last-minute endorsement of the Team Unity before the curtain falls on the 2007 electoral campaign. The Presidential Management...
Charges and counter-charges rend the air
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - May 5, 2007 - 12:00am
As the electoral campaign reaches a denoucement, charges and counter-charges are flying thick and fast. These include disqualification suits and airing of suspicions that a recuperating mayor may actually...
‘Healing’ physician honored on 70th birthday
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - April 28, 2007 - 12:00am
This may amount to a possible tribute to the late Dr. Wilfredo Salvador, founder of the Riverside Medical Center Medical Alumni Foundation Inc. But Willy, as he was called by almost all, had been lauded...
Former NPC presidents back Fajardo vs Gonzalez
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - April 26, 2007 - 12:00am
The council of former presidents of the Negros Press Club (NPC) threw its support yesterday behind Panay News editor-in-chief Danny Fajardo after Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez asked Regional Trial Court...
Celebrations amid rising political tension
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - April 24, 2007 - 12:00am
The political season reaches a hectic pace within the next three weeks. But despite rising tension in some places, Filipinos, especially Western Visayans still find time to observe their traditional fiestas...
Cloud-seeding waters Negros Occidental
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - April 21, 2007 - 12:00am
For the past few days, cloud-seeding operations in Negros Occidental have induced rain over the drying farmlands. And brought down temperatures. So that by yesterday, provincial agriculturist Igmedio Tabiana...
Tempers rise as water crisis hits Iloilo
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - April 19, 2007 - 12:00am
Even as political tempers rose in Bacolod, showers kept pouring over Negros Occidental and cloud-seeding contributed to the rains. Rep. Monico Puentevella yesterday hit back at City Mayor Evelio Leonardia...
Atienza to unveil Lopez Jaena statue in Intramuros
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - April 17, 2007 - 12:00am
I just got word this morning that Manila Mayor Lito Atienza will lead the unveiling of the statue of Ilonggo hero Graciano Lopez Jaena at the National Press Club grounds in Intramuros. The notice about...
GMA skeds in Iloilo and Negros on hold
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - April 14, 2007 - 12:00am
Iloilo City officials have crossed their fingers and offered prayers that First Gentleman Mike Arroyo would sufficiently recover so that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo could push through with her scheduled...
NPA claims some ambush victims were armed goons
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - April 12, 2007 - 12:00am
It may not necessarily be true. But the New People’s Army in Negros Oriental last week served notice that they would disarm and "engage" armed...
Holy Week and politics don’t mix
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - April 3, 2007 - 12:00am
Two major protagonists in Bacolod City’s political war started off with the usual parade and rhetorics on Saturday. But that lasted only a few hours. Prior...
Politics – It can unite, it can divide
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - March 31, 2007 - 12:00am
The most tragic and pathetic spectacles are families being broken up because of politics. Normally, politics is uniting, not divisive. But there are places where the ambitions of siblings and sons clash...
A deluge of candidates and musical chairs
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - March 29, 2007 - 12:00am
In most areas of the country, the game of musical chairs has been going on among political families. This has become evident with the filing of the certificates of candidacy of local political bets. Offices...
Why exposés rise during election
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - March 27, 2007 - 12:00am
President Arroyo is reportedly arriving in Bacolod before the Holy Week to preside the soft opening of the new Bacolod airport in Silay City. Team Unity candidates will accompany the chief executive, according...
TFM farmers installed
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - March 24, 2007 - 12:00am
It could have been just a routine installation of the 57 agrarian reform beneficiaries of Task Force Mapalad Thursday. This was at Hacienda Velez-Malaga in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. But...
Politics, politics and more politics
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - March 22, 2007 - 12:00am
One may not like it, but the reality is that politics is the dominant topic of conversation and activities. Be it in Negros Occidental or elsewhere in the country. The inescapable thing is that media teems...
Cleric in rape complaint surfaces, denies charges
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - March 17, 2007 - 12:00am
After a long wait, Iloilo mediamen saw on Wednesday Fr. Martin Alarcon, the Catholic assistant parish priest accused of alleged rape before the Iloilo provincial prosecutor’s...
Fil-Americans victimize Pinay school teachers
by THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina - March 15, 2007 - 12:00am
It was way back in 1982 when Ali Muddish, an editor of a Saudi newspaper, candidly told me that Filipino labor recruiters were behind the exploitation of Filipino overseas workers in the Royal Kingdom. This...
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