People Powwow: A chief cook fights for his final pay
By HERBERT VEGO
IS an indisposed seaman who quits within his first week of work entitled to disability benefits?
Ramon Caro knew he was entitled to...
Advocacy Mindanao: FVR forever
BY JESS DUREZA
FORMER President Fidel V. Ramos was hit to the nationwide members of the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) who gathered at Traders Hotel...
Anything under the sun: Pope John Paul II in Iloilo
BY ATTY. REX S. SALVILLA
ILOILO was among the few cities in the world that a Pope has gone to for the last 2,000 years...
Bridges: ‘Aksyon Balita Numero Uno’ making waves
BY SAMMY JULIAN
FOR the third consecutive year, Aksyon Balita Numero Uno, a morning newscast program over DyOK Aksyon Radyo-Iloilo, bagged the prestigious KBP Golden...
Rural Update: Where are the tiles from Hibao-an?
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
WE are impressed with the construction of a walking park on the whole length of the expanded Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue in Iloilo City, otherwise known as the Diversion Road.
When...
Anything under the sun: St. Joseph – the silent worker
BY ATTY. REX S. SALVILLA
EVERY May 1, we celebrate Labor Day, the feast day of St. Joseph the Worker.
In his Litany, we pray to...
People Powwow: Where did the MIWD money go?
By HERBERT VEGO
WE cannot say “Roger on that” to the threat of businessman Roger Florete, chairman of Flo Water Resources, to cease supplying water...
Accents: The Moving Finger writes …
BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC
MAY 1, Labor Day, we buried a teacher: Sir Eliodoro Campos Cofreros.
He was an icon in the educator’s world, truly a topnotch citizen of...
Faith, Hope, Charity: Trees and water
BY IKE SEÑERES
WATER IMPOUNDING
Water is a commodity that is subject to the laws of supply and demand. The fact is, we have plenty of...
Viewpoints: Cronyism
BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ
FOR one reason or another – but with special reference to so many bad news taking place in the country these...