RURAL UPDATE: Business dispersal to provinces
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
LAST week we wrote about the idea for Iloilo to send a mission to Metro Manila and invite corporate groups there to...
FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY: Building a coastal economy
BY IKE SEÑERES
COMMON sense will tell us that having one of the longest tropical coastlines in the world (we are second only to Indonesia) gives...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Disabling an able seaman
By HERBERT VEGO
IF this corner has been taking the cudgels for Filipino seamen who have already been deprived of a “future” due to accident,...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: Organic Farming
BY ROMMEN YNION
FOR almost a year now, I have been immersed in organic farming. There is no book on the subject, perhaps, that has...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Notes on the LTO, LTFRB
By HERBERT VEGO
WE senior citizens recall those days when there was only one office performing the functions of today’s Land Transportation Office (LTO) and...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: World Mayor
By ROMMEL YNION
WHAT’S the fuss all about? I mean, this thing that has littered the Internet with impassioned pleas to extol a city mayor...
FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY: ‘Competitive advantage in a coastal economy’
BY IKE SEÑERES
THERE is a big difference between “comparative advantage” and “competitive advantage” and I hope that our economic policy makers would understand that difference.
I...
PEOPLE POWWOW: A money lesson in childhood days
By HERBERT VEGO
ON a rainy day, my nieces asked me to regale them with tales of my childhood days. Having turned into a senior...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: Ilonggo Heroes
BY ROMMEL YNION
IF you ask me, there are only three Ilonggo leaders we should thank for: Raul Gonzalez Sr., Frank Drilon and Jerry Treñas....
RURAL UPDATE: Seize the moment
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
LAST week, we asked in our column, “Is Iloilo ready for Asean?”
We hope that the different business organizations in our city will...