WORM’S EYE VIEW: As I remember him
BY ROMMEL YNION
I CALL it my four o’clock habit. It’s the time I wake up each morning, come hell or high water. It’s as if there...
BRIDGES: A model politician among us
BY SAMMY JULIAN
MY trusted dictionary defines a politician as “a person engaged or interested in politics.”
It also defines politics as the “science and art of government;...
RURAL UPDATE: Is Iloilo prepared for ASEAN?
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
ON July 29, 2014, we wrote of the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit ministerial meetings to be held in Iloilo City in...
FAITH, HOIPE & CHARITY: Agricultural modernization
BY IKE SEÑERES
IN the education sector, the perennial mantra referring to the shortage of resources is the lack of “classrooms, textbooks and teachers.”
In the agricultural...
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...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: The House of Ill-Repute
BY ROMMEL YNION
AFTER junking the three impeachment raps against the president, Congress should have just kept its mouth shut instead of engaging in a...
ACCENTS: Grandmothering
BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC
BEING here on the other side of the globe — in what others call Uncle Sam country — without full grasp of...
ANYTHING UNDER THE SUN: El Niño and La Niña
BY ATTY. REX S. SALVILLA
WHAT is El Niño and La Niña?
EL Niño is a climate phenomenon characterized by long periods of hot dry season....
BRIDGES: Who the real coward is
SAMMY JULIAN
THE Philippines has been a consistent contributor to the United Nations’ (UN) peacekeeping missions after first contributing to the world body’s operations in...
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...