Category Archives for Antique

No more Christmas cards from Precious

Watching Tuesday evening the enthralling rendition of the “Impossible Dream” by Filipino sopranos Rachelle Gerodias, Joanna Ampil; Vietnamese tenor Duc Tuan with Honna Tesuji, a Japanese, conducting a specially assembled Symphony Orchestra composed of Filipino musicians during the Vietnam National … Continue reading

01. September 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Antique, Malaya | Tags: , , | 4 comments

Precious Lotilla-Javier, widow of Evelio Javier, dies in US

By Nestor P. Burgos Jr. Inquirer Visayas Precious Lotilla-Javier, the widow of slain Marcos-era opposition leader and former Antique Governor Evelio Javier, died in Los Angeles on Thursday (Friday in the Philippines) after years of battling cancer. She was 67. … Continue reading

18. August 2012 by Ellen
Categories: Antique | Tags: , | 3 comments

Toy museum transforms a place of grief to a house of joy

Where once there were only cries of anguish and despair, the voices heard from “Balay ni Datu Lubay” these days are expressions of fun and admiration. Balay ni Datu Lubay (House of Datu Lubay) in San Jose, Antique houses Alex … Continue reading

19. January 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Antique, Arts and Culture, Malaya | Tags: | 23 comments

Perwisyo ang mga mukha ni Arroyo at Ebdane

Kahapon, nagkaroon ng landslide sa mountain highway ng Antique papuntang Iloilo kaya nag-detour ang mga sasakyan sa daan ng Anini-iy. Naging apat na oras ang biyaheng karaniwan ay tatlong oras lang.Mabuti na lang maaga ako umalis sa aming barrio (4:00 … Continue reading

14. July 2009 by Ellen
Categories: Abante, Antique, Governance | Tags: , | 98 comments

Being connected

It never ceases to amaze me that I’m able to access internet from my remote corner in Antique, even if the connection is so slow and intermittent. I have always dreamed of being able to file my stories from our … Continue reading

13. July 2009 by Ellen
Categories: Antique, Cyberspace, Malaya | Tags: , , | 25 comments

May escalator na sa Antique

May Gaisano Mall na sa Antique. Wow, kahit paano, palatandaan ng asenso yan. Natuwa naman ako ng makita ko ang Gaisano sa San Jose nang dumaan ako doon noong Miyerkoles galing Iloilo. Wala na kasing eroplano na nagse-service ng Antique … Continue reading

12. July 2009 by Ellen
Categories: Abante, Antique | Tags: , | 53 comments