By Herbert Vego IN Davao City, there is a family with much confusion as you will see. There is a papa and a daughter plus Bong and Bongbong who want to take over the palace by the river. Obviously, we are talking of President Rodrigo Duterte and his daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio, who have emerged in
November 15, 2021
By Herbert Vego PRESIDENTIAL candidate Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson recently raised our eyebrows with his announcement that he and his vice-presidential running-mate, Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, no longer support the death penalty for heinous crimes after years of seeking its re-imposition through separate bills. “It is more important to save the life of a
November 12, 2021
By Herbert Vego TO billionaire Enrique K. Razon Jr., 61, the COVID-19 pandemic is just another problem to get over with, and from which to spring up anew. That’s good news for us in the city and province of Iloilo because we are looking forward to benefiting from his future business expansion here. To us
November 10, 2021
By Herbert Vego EVERYWHERE Vice-President Leni Robredo goes, the color pink dominates the scenery — what with mostly pink-clad men and women welcoming and shouting “Leni! Leni!” on the streets while forming the “L” sign with their fingers, and confetti of shredded pink paper flying down from homes and commercial buildings. The pink fever has
November 5, 2021
By Herbert Vego ON opening my Facebook page, I chanced upon the picture of a TV evangelist with this quotation, “May darating na himala sa buhay mo ngayon.” If you have seen him preach in person or on TV, you might have already embraced him as God’s “servant-leader”. He owes his “millions” to Roman Catholics who
November 2, 2021
By Herbert Vego SORRY to our departed loved ones. We will not be around to visit them on All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1) and All Souls Day (Nov. 2) because the government has decided to keep our cemeteries “off limits” from today to November 2, allegedly “to prevent Covid-19 infection.” I don’t see why these
October 29, 2021
By Herbert Vego OUR human resources — the skilled and unskilled laborers who toil for a living to thrive or survive — are the cogs in the wheel of sustainable productivity. In the Philippine setting amid the Covid-19 pandemic, sustainable productivity has become more urgent to the survival of Filipinos who now number 111,492,224 (based
October 27, 2021
By Herbert Vego WE elected Rodrigo Duterte president in 2016 because of his promise for change, as in ending the flow of illegal drugs and stopping graft and corruption. After almost six years since then, these problems have, on the contrary, escalated. We are not giving up, not with the ongoing phenomenal groundswell of support
October 25, 2021
By Herbert Vego TWO days ago, this corner briefly reported on the phenomenal record of MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) in empowering 20,000 additional customers in a span of a year and a half based on our interview with Ms. Ma. Cecilia “Maricel” Pe, the company’s Customer Care Department head. Let us hear
October 22, 2021
By Herbert Vego IS Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas in the pink of political health? The Ilonggo supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo, presidential candidate in election 2022, were tickled pink on hearing the news that Treñas had announced his support for her. Pink, incidentally, is the color that Robredo has identified herself with. It is
October 20, 2021
By Herbert Vego THIS writer is 71 years young – or 11 years old as a senior citizen. No regrets; I am still capable of writing, which I have been doing for a living for 51 straight years since 1970. With good health and mental stability, I hope and pray to write for the rest
October 18, 2021
By Herbert Vego POOR Sen. “Bato” dela Rosa, he has made a “Kenkoy” out of himself by filing a certificate of candidacy for President of the Philippines. If today’s generation does not know Kenkoy, he was a comic komiks character of the 1950s whose naivete pushed him into embarrassing situations. If he is not embarrassed for being
October 15, 2021