KIDAPAWAN CITY – Cotabato Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza has vowed to complete the construction of the long-delayed Central Mindanao Airport in the town of M’lang. CENTRAL Mindanao Airport (Cotabato provincial government photo) Mendoza made the assurance during the...
Authorities apprehended four foreign nationals allegedly involved in fraud and smuggling in Barangay Nueva Vida, M'lang, Cotabato, on March 24. The suspects were identified as Chinese nationals Liu Dezhen, Tang Zhongyi, Tianpei Wu, and Wang Lian Xu. Authorities discovered they were either working...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Cotabato Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza bared on Tuesday, March 18, that the construction of the Central Mindanao Airport in Barangay Tawan-Tawan in M’lang is moving forward as key preparations and infrastructure improvements are underway. COTABATO Gov. Emmylou...
A former National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball player was shot dead in M’lang, Cotabato on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Police identified the victim as Ken Fred “Kentoy” Segura. SEGURA (FB) Segura played for the Arellano University Chiefs in the NCAA and the Maharlika...
Wala Lang HEARD ON HIGH Mark Kenedy Rocas on his flute, accompanied on the piano by Dr. Michelle Nicolasora Millennial musicians have been our unsung diplomats, so to speak. They generate goodwill and bring honor to the Philippines. Tenor Arthur Espiritu has been performing lead roles...
WALA LANG EXPEDITIONS GALORE Most of the trips made by Europeans at the time were to find islands to conquer and bring back spices Meals with patis and bagoong, with dishes cooked with tanglad and kamias have always been enough to make us slurp and burp. Europeans are different. Whereas we have...
WALA LANG Whoever it was who stole and/or sold pulpit panels, paintings, gold, silver, and ivory objects, and other valuables of Boljoon church ignored as worthless the documents and parish records in cabinets and bookcases. These are mainly lists of baptisms, marriages, and deaths. The earliest...
WALA LANG Eager Buyers and Enthusiastic Sellers It is easy enough to tell if an image, piece of furniture, relieve, textile, or other object came from a church. Size and type are giveaways. Without identifying marks, measurements, or photographs, however, it is often impossible to match a...
WALA LANG It was a high-profile affair at the National Museum, “A Gift to the Nation,” when Edwin and Aileen Bautista turned over to chairman Andoni Aboitiz and director-general Jeremy Barns a quartet of superb relieves depicting San Agustin de Hippo, a theologian and philosopher who lived in...
WALA LANG A local Benjamin Franklin might have said, nothing is certain except death and the BIR. That usually means “Letter of Authority” and other bad news. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signed R.A. No. 11976 into law, the Ease of Paying Taxes Act (“EoPT”) a few weeks...
WALA LANG RIZAL’S GRANDDAUGHTER Lulu Tinio (second from the right) with Rizal cousins (descendants of Soledad and Narcisa Rizal): Natividad Francisco, Concepcion A. Feria, and Jose Q. Arguelles Lulu Tinio Worthy descendant of the Rizals of Calambâ and the Hidalgos of Batangas, married to...
WALA LANG This is a special year for culture and arts in the Philippines, being the golden anniversary year of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, one of Asia-Pacific’s best. It was founded in 1973 as the CCP Philharmonic Orchestra on initiative and with the continuing support of then...
