BRIDGES: Hope for children with clubfeet
BY SAMMY JULIAN
DID you know that one out of every 750 children born worldwide is born with clubfoot? That’s roughly one child every three...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Flood in Boracay repels tourists
BY HERBERT VEGO
ON arrival here in Boracay the other day, we had to be extra patient as the driver drove the La Carmela van...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: Wetland
BY ROMMEL YNION
IF there was one frustration I had during the last elections, it was the fact that my opponent, Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog,...
Bridges: PNoy for Nobel Peace Prize
MALACAÑANG strongly denied it is lobbying for President Benigno Aquino III’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
However, in the same breath, Palace officials welcomed...
People Powwow: A ‘tribunal’ for seafarers
By HERBERT VEGO
THIS column has received congratulatory messages from overseas Filipino seamen and their relatives, especially those who could have lost disability or death...
Worm’s Eye View: The Ilonggo resilience
BY ROMMEL YNION
TODAY, if there is something that the world should give Ilonggos credit for, it is their resilience that has enabled them to rise above mediocrity in spite...
Accents: ‘Ang mga bagong bayani ng Inang Bayan’
JULIA CARREON-LAGOC
SI Rey, Jerry, Ria, Laila, atbp. — they are proclaimed new heroes of the motherland. Mga Bagong Bayani! President Cory Aquino was the...
Bridges: Local gov’t support for Sicogon’s revival
BY SAMMY JULIAN
THE municipal governments of Carles and Estancia unanimously approved separate resolutions supporting the immediate development of Sicogon Island into a tourism landmark...
Bridges: Diplomatic negotiator, skillful reformer
SAMMY JULIAN
BEFORE Angel Alan Celino’s election in 2010, there’s never been a mayor in recent memory who did so much for Roxas City.
No one...
People Powwow: Why Binay now fears PCOS
BY HERBERT VEGO
VICE PRESIDENT Jejomar Binay – a declared presidential aspirant – has repeatedly warned the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against reusing the so-called...