Viewpoints: There’s never enough for the greedy
BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ
“THERE is enough for everyone’s need; there is not enough for anyone’s greed,” says Mahatma Gandhi.
The profound words of wisdom are...
People Powwow: Prevention better than PhilHealth
By HERBERT VEGO
“AN ounce of prevention,” even doctors admit, “is worth a pound of cure.”
The quotation is especially applicable to indigent Filipinos who can’t...
Worm’s Eye View: Secret ambition
BY ROMMEL YNION
LAST Monday, when I saw my first-ever column in the opinion page of Panay News, nostalgia struck, with images – long forgotten...
Reason and Concern: Pork scam investigation back to square one?
BY RONQUILLO TOLENTINO
ADMITTING that the pork scam file of whistleblower Benhur Luy remains intact and assuming that Luy’s copy of the hard disk drive...
Rural Update: Lawmakers and bankers
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
WE wrote last week an item in our column (“Entry of foreigners in PH”), expressing our national security concern for House Bill No. 3984, approved by the Lower House allowing the entry of foreign...
People Powwow: A home for Yolanda
By HERBERT VEGO
HER name is Yolanda, a victim of a typhoon by that name. She now lives with a relative here in Iloilo City...
Worm’s Eye View: The power of words
BY ROMMEL YNION
AT The Bellevue Hotel in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Danny Fajardo, publisher of Panay News – which, by the way, happens to be the...
Accents: Pass the Freedom of Information Bill now!
BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC
WHAT bill has agonized in the Philippine Congress for more than two decades now?
I often begin with a question when I feel...
People Powwow: Sick seamen should always press for disability benefits
BY HERBERT VEGO
IF you are a very sick overseas seaman who applies for permanent disability benefits, would you accept the shipping agency’s “Sorry, you...
Viewpoints: Courtesy resignation
BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ
CIVILITY and gentility, gallantry and deference, respectability and cordiality – all these and other admirable personality traits forward the meaning and...