Titas de Bacolod

This came from Tita Ninfa Leonardia's column in the Visayan Daily Star, April 20, 2016 . How many times have I started to write this column since Monday? After starting a sentence, I would stop, start another one, and then another, and finally write something else, something that would not cause tears to fall on the machine, and have me bawling again. I admitted that I was in a terrible stage of denial, because I did not want to write about something that had caused such shock and grief...

Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion  There was an air of joyful anticipation at the birthday bash thrown by Dr. Ver Lacson for Christian Gustilo, 26, at his sprawling residence.When I arrived, the aroma of irresistible scrumptious dishes wafted from the kitchen. A huge lechon dominated an entire wall of the dining area. I peeped at the chafing dishes on the buffet and was delighted to find my favorite party fare all spread out, ready for the evening's “attack”.It was so nice...

Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion  Over a thousand fitness enthusiasts from the Negros Island Region, Cebu and Iloilo filled the St. John's Institute activity center during the staging of what is considered as one of the biggest Zumba parties staged in Negros Occidental in recent memory.The “Live Love Party” event started with a motorcade in the morning. Fabulous floats represented by various Zumba groups added attraction to the activity. G2D won as best float, while the...

After the black out in NAIA Terminal 3 last week, it puzzles us why MIAA General Manager Honrado can still hoodwink all of us into an assertion that he is still the best person for the job at the world's worst international airport.The DOTC Secretary is of no help as well pinning the blame on bad luck.  Bad luck?!!!...Secretary Abaya of all people should be the perfect person to understand what went wrong being a mechanical engineer.  As a person adept with numbers and statistics...