Treñas’ P18-M intelligence fund
“Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.”—Harry Day WE expect the...
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Author: Alex Vidal
Iloilo airport expansion necessary and urgent
“Urgency creates decision making.”—Kevin Brady SIXTEEN years ago when it opened in 2007, the...
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The ‘Jerry Treñas’ Facebook or Meta account
WHOEVER is maintaining the “Jerry Treñas” Facebook or Meta account is doing both Iloilo City Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas and his Ilonggo constituents a big service.
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Difficult to justify; mayor apologizes
EVEN if Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio will hire the best accountants and spin masters in the Philippines to help her wiggle out from her present predicament, the P125 million representing the “confidential funds” her office had “spent” for only 11 days, according to the Commission on Audit (COA), is hard to justify.
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‘Safe’ as long as it isn’t made of marshmallow
THE many restrictions imposed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the “temporary” reopening of the much-vilified and defective P680-million (plus P200-million for the “repair”) Ungka flyover (UFO) in Pavia, Iloilo can be compared to a newly built but poorly constructed house turned over by the builder to the homeowner and his family for a short-term use.
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