RURAL UPDATE: Attract more investors: No tax increase please
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
IN our column last week titled, “The ranking of our cities”, Iloilo was on 19th place in terms of income as against other Philippine cities in 2013, according to...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Forced resignation no ground for denial of seaman’s disability claim
By HERBERT VEGO
IF a certified “fit-to-work” seaman falls ill on the job and resigns, is he entitled to such disability benefits as provided by...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: Racket scientists
BY ROMMEL YNION
THEY are simply there in the dark, lurking, waiting, salivating, and casting a moist eye on the next prey. No, not even...
ACCENTS: Inside a concentration camp
BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC
Immersion: the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was first in my mind. Instead, I opted for the generic title above — thinking that to...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Flood in Boracay repels tourists
BY HERBERT VEGO
ON arrival here in Boracay the other day, we had to be extra patient as the driver drove the La Carmela van...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: Wetland
BY ROMMEL YNION
IF there was one frustration I had during the last elections, it was the fact that my opponent, Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog,...
People Powwow: A ‘tribunal’ for seafarers
By HERBERT VEGO
THIS column has received congratulatory messages from overseas Filipino seamen and their relatives, especially those who could have lost disability or death...
Worm’s Eye View: The Ilonggo resilience
BY ROMMEL YNION
TODAY, if there is something that the world should give Ilonggos credit for, it is their resilience that has enabled them to rise above mediocrity in spite...
Accents: ‘Ang mga bagong bayani ng Inang Bayan’
JULIA CARREON-LAGOC
SI Rey, Jerry, Ria, Laila, atbp. — they are proclaimed new heroes of the motherland. Mga Bagong Bayani! President Cory Aquino was the...
People Powwow: Why Binay now fears PCOS
BY HERBERT VEGO
VICE PRESIDENT Jejomar Binay – a declared presidential aspirant – has repeatedly warned the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against reusing the so-called...