NOT everybody knows somebody who is still alive at age 100. But now I am happy to report about one whom I fondly call Mommy Lucring, who turned centenarian on March 16 this year – literally alive and kicking while waiting for her cash gift of one hundred thousand pesos (PHP 100,000)
March 27, 2026
By Herbert Vego BASED on the projection of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), summer is expected to start before the end of this month, bringing high temperatures, with the peak occurring between the second half of April and the first half of May. However, PAGASA also warns of the possible visit
March 23, 2026
BASED on data from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), over one million college students are expected to graduate in April. Do they have what it takes to land a job? There was a time when I met with Mass-Com students who had sought me for advice. The only question I asked
March 20, 2026
WHILE listening to my car radio yesterday, I heard the deejay announcing he would play the song “Kawatan” as sung by the late Jograd dela Torre. I shed tears while listening and going down memory lane. In 1979 when I was in the business of hiring singers and dancers for religious fiestas
March 18, 2026
TODAY we celebrate the 505th anniversary of the “discovery” of the Philippines by Ferdinand Magellan on March 16, 1521. To quote novelty singer Yoyoy Villame, “And that’s the beginning of our Catholic life.” Indeed, ours is the only predominantly Christian nation in Asia (approximately 90%), of which over 80% are Roman Catholic.
March 16, 2026
By Herbert L. Vego In my previous column, I cited an emerging “friendly competition” between MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) and Iloilo 1 Electric Cooperative (ILECO 1) because of Rep. Janette Garin’s House Bill 7647, which provides for the extended franchise of the former to distribute electricity in the 1st District of Iloilo
March 13, 2026
By Herbert Vego IT is only a matter of time before MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) gets another legislative franchise – this time to expand its electricity-distribution service to the seven municipalities of the 1st District of Iloilo – Igbaras, Tubungan, Oton, Tigbauan, Guimbal, Miag-ao and San Joaquin. In effect, MORE Power is
March 11, 2026
Solving the parking problem FREE vehicular parking for market consumers at the rooftops of the renovated Iloilo City Central Market and the Terminal Market? Yes, but please limit it to two hours to give other marketgoers the chance to avail themselves of the same privilege. This is a program that the Iloilo
March 9, 2026
Poor Rep. Jesus Manuel Angel “Bong” Suntay (4th District, Quezon City): His “holy” name has not shielded him from public condemnation for fantasizing about voluptuous movie star Anne Curtis. As everyone now knows, it happened on Tuesday while the House Committee on Justice was deliberating on the impeachment of Vice President Sara
March 6, 2026
THE way I read the signs of the times, Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) has given a reason why its contract with the Department of Energy (DOE) over coal mining on Semirara Island in Caluya, Antique, should not be renewed. That reason is the landslide at its Narra pit that killed
March 4, 2026
WHILE we were having coffee at the Hotel del Rio the other day, my friend Gonzalo asked whether any of us would wager money against his prediction that the International Criminal Court (ICC) would proceed with a full-blown trial of former president Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte. The four-day hearing that ended on Feb.
March 2, 2026
By Herbert Vego WHAT are the six Filipino lawyers there for? This question came to my mind on the first day of the pre-trial hearing of former President Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, for crimes against humanity. As everyone now knows, there was no accredited Filipino lawyer in
February 27, 2026