PEOPLE POWWOW: A misleading indicator of productivity
By HERBERT VEGO
EACH time President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III paints a glowing picture of the country’s “prosperity” because of tuwid na daan, the...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Raul Gonzalez Sr. was also a journalist
By HERBERT VEGO
IN the wake of the death of former Justice secretary Raul Gonzalez Sr. Sunday night, we heard Ilonggos from all walks of life reminiscing...
PEOPLE POWWOW: All is not lost for disabled seaman
BY HERBERT VEGO
HERE’S how a puny, sick ship steward fought and won a legal battle against a giant shipping agency. Let this story inspire...
PEOPLE POWWOW: With or without EDCA…
By HERBERT L. VEGO
THIS corner believes that with or without the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States, the latter...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Cheaper med law ‘lifeless’ under PNoy
By HERBERT VEGO
IN his four years in office, has President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III beefed up the six-year-old Cheaper Medicines Act of 2008? We...
PEOPLE POWWOW: An accident in Venice
By HERBERT VEGO
HAVING just finished his nautical course a few years ago, Dominador Alcabaza considered himself lucky to have qualified for employment on a...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Quezon in a nutshell
By HERBERT VEGO
AS the month of August is about to end, I remember my Lola Maria, who died of tuberculosis in this month, circa...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Greed pulling Binay down? Or up?
By HERBERT VEGO
IF it’s really true that Vice President Jejomar Binay – while still mayor of Makati City – squandered P2.7 billion of government...
PEOPLE POWWOW: ‘She-man’ on a cruise ship
BY HERBERT L. VEGO
ANY ordinary person lucky enough to qualify for a job on a cruise ship becomes “extraordinary.” He sails around the world...
PEOPLE POWWOW: MIWD bankruptcy an ‘inside’ job
By HERBERT VEGO
MANY weeks ago, we sent a reporter to interview Dr. Danilo Encarnacion, reinstated chairman of the Board of Directors of the Metro Iloilo...