PEOPLE POWWOW: A labor case won after death
By HERBERT VEGO
HE did not live to see his labor case decided in his favor, but he died fighting so that his wife and...
WORMâS EYE VIEW: Identity Crisis
BY ROMMEL YNION
WHEN we donât see what is inside us because we have been blinded by what we see outside us, then it is...
PEOPLE POWWOW: We are now a hundred million
By HERBERT VEGO
THE last time I talked to Iloilo provincial population officer Ramon Yee, he estimated that Philippine population had already hit 100 million....
WORMâS EYE VIEW: âGlendaâ
BY ROMMEL YNION
P-NOY, blundering throughout his four-year-old presidency, seemed to have blundered again yesterday. Why? He forgot to issue a hold departure order to...
FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY: Urban farming
IKE SEĂERES
FOOD security is not a problem for the rich people because they would always have the money to buy food, assuming that there...
VIEWPOINTS: Asylum
ABP. OSCAR CRUZ
THE benefit of âAsylum,â supposedly asked from the Catholic Bishopsâ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) by a now well-known woman for the...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: Mobocracy
BY ROMMEL YNION
WE should have seen it coming but, apparently, our âinstitutionalâ memory has not been responsive to current events that we have somehow...
RURAL UPDATE: Attract more investors: No tax increase please
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
IN our column last week titled, âThe ranking of our citiesâ, 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 seamanâs disability claim
By HERBERT VEGO
IF a certified âfit-to-workâ seaman falls ill on the job and resigns, is he entitled to such disability benefits as provided by...
WORMâS 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...