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HERBERT VEGO AT 5 A.M. yesterday, my neck was aching and I was feeling unusually dizzy. Notwithstanding, I tried to get up — only to...

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HERBERT VEGO WHEN a group of four female journalism students from the West Visayas State University asked to interview me, I hesitated. It did not...

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BY HERBERT VEGO Bank depositors on losing end THE latest word from the World Bank (WB) bared “dismal failure” of banks in the Philippines to attract...

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BY HERBERT VEGO ‘You can't keep a good man down’ YOU and I have surely heard somebody say, "You can't keep a good man down." As...

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BY HERBERT VEGO The Jaro Plaza ‘reloaded’ A FEW issues ago, this writer commended Rep. Jerry P. Treñas (Iloilo City) for laying the groundwork for the...

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HERBERT VEGO When 'might is right' WHILE we were at the coffee shop of Hotel del Rio yesterday, we had “all ears” and “all eyes” glued...

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BY HERBERT VEGO Looking at Treñas and Mabilog as TESDA partners THE CONGRESSMAN and the mayor of Iloilo City – Jerry Treñas and Jed Patrick Mabilog,...

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BY HERBERT VEGO Disbelief in the Pope REMEMBER when then Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte blamed Pope Francis for causing heavy traffic in Manila in January...

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BY HERBERT VEGO Duterte’s popularity ebbing LIKE the so-called “Dutertards,” this columnist voted for Duterte primarily because of his promise to vanquish the illegal drug problem;...

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BY HERBERT VEGO Looking through the Filipino diaspora AS a child in the 1950s, I always looked forward to a share of the goods in the...