Rural Update: Water is not the problem; it is management
BY JOHNNYÂ NOVERA
RECENTLY, for two days the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) lost its water supply from Flo Water Resources Iloilo, Inc. which cut-off delivery because the water district...
People Powwow: Did lawyer/vice governor try to pirate client?
BY HERBERT VEGO
IT shocked me to receive the information that the vice governor of Guimaras, a lawyer by profession, tried to inveigle a widow...
Worm’s Eye View: Secret of the Ages
BY ROMMEL YNION
THE tomb of Hermes was, no doubt, the repository of ancient knowledge and wisdom; and legend has it that when it was opened by archeologists,...
Accents: Long live Mother Earth!
BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC
AS you read this, I sing with John Denver, my favorite country singer, and I change his words as I please.
The time...
Bridges: Roxas on how to end corruption
BY SAMMY JULIAN
CHRONIC graft and corruption, growth-retarding insurgencies in the countryside, brazen disregard of the Constitution and human rights â all fostered by a...
People Powwow: A hard-fought maritime case
BY HERBERT VEGO
MARITIME manning agencies in the Philippines â as this column has shown in a number of compensation claims filed by disabled Filipino...
Worm’s Eye View: Cause and effect
BY ROMMEL YNION
MILLIONS of words have already been written about the pork barrel scam and, matter-of-factly, we never planned to add more to them...
Reason and Concern: Notes on forum shopping
BY RONQUILLO TOLENTINO
SUCCINCTLY has the Supreme Court explained forum shopping in Emilio S. Young vs John Keng Seng A.K.A. John Sy in G.R. No.143464...
Bridges: The importance of public consultations
BY SAMMY JULIAN
THE Filipino public, more than ever, has been taking on new roles on how the government is, or should be managed. Thus,...
Faith, Hope, Charity: âWater securityâ
BY IKEÂ SEĂERES
EXISTING national laws require each and every barangay to build their own water catchment systems, a requirement that could simply be interpreted to...