PEOPLE POWWOW: MIWD bankruptcy an ‘inside’ job
By HERBERT VEGO
MANY weeks ago, we sent a reporter to interview Dr. Danilo Encarnacion, reinstated chairman of the Board of Directors of the Metro Iloilo...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: Under attack
BY ROMMEL YNION
LIKE any media outfit, Aksyon Radyo in Iloilo City has played the role of a catalyst, often stepping on other people’s toes,...
VIEWPOINTS: ‘Evangelii Gaudium’
BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ
IN his Apostolic Exhortation “Joy of the Gospel” with the above-cited Latin title, Pope Francis recently voiced a distinctly timely concern...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Anti-depression drugs could not have saved Robbin Williams
By HERBERT VEGO
THE other day, CNN interviewed friends and fellow actors of the late Hollywood comedian Robbin Williams. All of them gasped in disbelief that...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: The Toy Kingdom
BY ROMMEL YNION
A YOUNG republic, barely older than the oldest man still alive today, our country is like a toddler, living each day as...
ACCENTS: ‘Ang mamatay ng dahil sa iyo’
BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC
MISTY. I just couldn’t help being misty-eyed as I typed the title of this column.
Sweet and bitter memories intermittently played up in...
FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY: Moving forward with the family farms idea
BY IKE SEÑERES
ACTUALLY, the family farms idea is not entirely new.
Family farms have existed in the Philippines for a long time now, including the...
RURAL UPDATE: Budgeting and control
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
AS early as the middle of last month, we heard of the plan of Iloilo City to increase the rate of real property tax (RPT).
In our column of July...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Why disabled seamen should demand, not wait, for disability benefits
By HERBERT VEGO
THIS corner has met a number of seamen who have no choice but “abandon” ship without finishing their contract term due to...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: Manny Pacquiao’s ordeal
BY ROMMEL YNION
ORGANIZATION only mirrors the personality of its leader.
Nothing illustrates this axiom more than the administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III. Noynoy,...