Business lessons learned from ‘wearing,’ ‘drinking’ and ‘eating’
THERE was a time when I asked the late businessman Jose “Don Pepe” Layson how he started in business.
“It started in college,” he said....
Treñas’ silence on PECO-MORE ‘war’ understandable
WE HEARD power consumers in Iloilo City asking why their congressman, Rep. Jerry P. Treñas, has remained mum on the “power play” between Panay...
The problem with the FDA
THIS WRITER wonders why the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) has changed its name to Food and Drug Administration (FDA), betraying itself as...
PECO’s old age no reason to cling to ‘power’
IF WORDS spoken by Panay Electric Company (PECO) spokesmen were to be the basis, the expiration of its franchise come Jan. 19, 2019 calls...
On the Antique-Clark flight route
THROUGH the efforts of Sen. Loren Legarda and Gov. Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao, the stagnant Evelio B. Javier Airport in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique...
PECO’s best move is to move out
WE are sorry for Panay Electric Company (PECO), but it has lost its moral ascendancy for a long, long time. If everybody is excited...
‘Yolanda’: a problem to learn from
IT SEEMED like only yesterday, but today marks the fifth year since Nov. 8, 2013 when super typhoon “Yolanda” swept away thousands of buildings...
Longing for longer life
WHILE looking at my senior citizen’s ID, the waitress remarked, “Lucky you seniors for getting 20 percent discount and paying no VAT on each...
The debatable divinity of Jesus Christ
OF THE seven billion world population today, 2.2 billion are adherents of Christianity. But the thousands of Christian denominations and organizations disagree on the...
Religion has no answer
ONE OF the reasons why I no longer belong to any of the many Christian sects is because they preach contradictory doctrines – say,...