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...
Worm’s Eye View: The book that changed my life
BY ROMMEL YNION
LOS ANGELES – While wrapping up my very fruitful trip here in the United States both for business and leisure – of...
Viewpoints: Insatiable
BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ
GREED. Avarice. Covetousness. The words are different. Their spellings are different. Their sounds are different. But they say the same thing....
Viewpoints: Bastardizing marriage
BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ
IN definitely more than one sphere of human living, as man acquires more knowledge and as he advances more in technology,...