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Sunday, October 5, 2025

People Powwow: K-12, an anachronistic DepEd program

By HERBERT VEGO AS I was writing this yesterday, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro was expected at the Nueva Valencia High School in...

Faith, Hope, Charity: ‘Growth and development’

BY IKE SEÑERES MANY words in the English language would seem to be synonymous with each other, but they are actually not. Take the case of...

Rural Update: Shift NAIA landings to Iloilo urgent

BY JOHNNY NOVERA LAST week, we wrote in our column (Re-direct Int’l Flights...) of the heavy air traffic and dangerous situation of landings and takeoffs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) such that even the old Terminal IV...

People Powwow: For whom does CHED work?

By HERBERT VEGO THE officials of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) want us to believe that they are there to protect us parents and...

Accents: Remembering Romeo Capalla

BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC TWO months after Romeo Capalla was felled by an assassin’s bullet, March 15, 2014 to be exact, I yield my space to...

People Powwow: Post-work disease may still be work-related

By HERBERT VEGO WHY are seamen limited to a contractual tenure of 12 months or less? For one reason, they need to enjoy vacation with their...

Viewpoints: It depends

BY ABP. OPSCAR CRUZ THERE is nothing absolute as everything is relative. Something is true or false depending on the given circumstances. What is right or...

People Powwow: A PNoy ‘boss’ in Saudi Arabia

BY HERBERT VEGO THE Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) always reserves scholarship slots for “students in a hurry,” according to Regional Director Toni...

Faith, Hope, Charity: Social franchising

BY IKE SEÑERES I THOUGHT that I had an original idea until I found out that my idea is already happening all over the world, and...

People Powwow: Cooling off on coal power

By HERBERT VEGO CONGRESSMAN Arcadio Gorriceta (2nd District, Iloilo) waxed ecstatic the other day while briefing us about Palm Concepcion Power Corporation, which has begun constructing...