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...
Viewpoints: Marriage and priesthood
BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ
TIME and again, the matter of marriage in conjunction with priesthood and vice versa, comes to fore.
Why is it that priests...
People Powwow: Thumbs up to Miraflores, down to CHED
By HERBERT VEGO
A FEW issues ago, this corner questioned the tendency of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to approve applications for tuition hikes...