Viewpoints: CARP
BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ
THE program was supposed to be “comprehensive” for the “reform” of huge and impressive agrarian possessions of some blessed and distinguished...
People Powwow: My brother’s triumphant death
By HERBERT VEGO
FOR a full 17 years and five months, my brother Efren savored 17 years and five months of “bonus life” until death...
Worm’s Eye View: F. Sionil Jose
BY ROMMEL YNION
I STUMBLED recently upon F. Sionil Jose’s indictment of our political environment:
“I remember what the historian William Henry Scott told me —...
Viewpoints: A modern, understanding church
BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ
TIMES have changed. People are different. Their value system is updated. Their traditions are new. Their customs are in accord with...
Faith, Hope, Charity: A centralized water authority
BY IKE SEÑERES
I HAVE ambivalent thoughts about the issue of water as a public utility. Generally speaking, I would always say that government has no...
People Powwow: The wedding month of June
BY HERBERT L. VEGO
THIS month of June has universal popularity as “the wedding month.” To a certain extent, to be a June bride has become an...
Worm’s Eye View: Damaged Culture
BY ROMMEL YNION
LOS ANGELES – If we need proof of our “damaged culture”, then there is no clearer proof than how media pooh-poohed Bong...
Rural Update: Water is not the problem; it is management
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
RECENTLY, for two days the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) lost its water supply from Flo Water Resources Iloilo, Inc. which cut-off delivery because the water district...
People Powwow: Did lawyer/vice governor try to pirate client?
BY HERBERT VEGO
IT shocked me to receive the information that the vice governor of Guimaras, a lawyer by profession, tried to inveigle a widow...
Worm’s Eye View: Secret of the Ages
BY ROMMEL YNION
THE tomb of Hermes was, no doubt, the repository of ancient knowledge and wisdom; and legend has it that when it was opened by archeologists,...