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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,...