By Herbert Vego THE PHILIPPINE Statistics Authority (PSA) recently came up with a report that, primarily due to the Covid-19 pandemic, our economy had contracted more than expected in the first quarter. Are we now experiencing recession or a period where businesses see less demand and begin to lose money even while prices rise? You
May 19, 2021
By Herbert Vego WHATEVER is on the mind of billionaire Enrique Razon Jr. in offering to fund the development of a grassy, reclaimed portion of Nayong Pilipino in Parañaque City into a mega vaccination center should be taken in its altruistic context. While the resignation of Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) Executive Director Lucille Malilong-Isberto has been
May 17, 2021
By Herbert Vego THE coined word “noel” has become familiar because of past futile attempts to postpone national and local elections. It stands for “no election”. We had forgotten about it until Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesman James Jimenez announced that there is no need to postpone the May 9, 2022 polls despite the
May 14, 2021
By Herbert Vego IT could have been scary news that broke into the front page of the Daily Guardian yesterday. But it was not, and all because buy-busts have become a familiar daily “game” between the law enforcers and the illegal drug pushers. “P55M worth of drugs seized,” screamed its headline, “in 4-month police operations
May 12, 2021
By Herbert Vego WITHIN minutes of the night President Rodrigo Duterte challenged former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio to a debate, the social media bulged with doubts whether it would push through. It was probably Duterte’s knee-jerk reaction to Carpio who had been hitting him over his inaction vis-à-vis Chinese incursion at the
May 10, 2021
By Herbert Vego I WAS already out of college when I first got hold of a hundred-dollar bill showcasing the image of Benjamin Franklin. It rekindled my admiration for the man I had learned about during my elementary and high school days. Ben Franklin (Jan. 17,1706-April 17, 1790) – though he never finished college
May 7, 2021
By Herbert Vego YESTERDAY’S news on President Rodrigo Duterte having received his first dose of China-made Sinopharm vaccine Monday (May 3), according to Sen. Christopher Go, who still doubles as his aide, would “encourage reluctant Filipinos to get inoculated and help stop the spread of the virus.” “I feel good and I have been expecting
May 5, 2021
By Herbert Vego DURING a coffee break, media colleague Neri Camiña asked me how I managed to pay the hospital bills I had incurred during my recent 12-day confinement. “It was not easy,” I lamented. “My siblings, relatives and friends lost no time chipping in some substantial amount for fear I would die of
May 3, 2021
By Herbert Vego WHAT did our reporter Felipe Celino mean when he wrote that “Don Chiyuto was abducted by his former associates”? Let us analyze from verifiable information. Everybody in the province of Capiz does not know him from head to foot. But while he is not a native of the province, Patroceño Calvez Chiyuto
April 30, 2021
By Herbert Vego PANAY Electric Co. (PECO) has run out of legal means to recover the power-distribution franchise that now belongs to MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) because of the action of the Supreme Court (SC) junking the former’s motion for reconsideration. In other words, there is no more legal impediment that could stop MORE
April 28, 2021
By Herbert Vego HAVE you ever wondered about Octa Research, which seems to be “now showing” as the unofficial partner of the Department of Health in determining the number of Covid-19 cases, recoveries, and the number of deaths in the Philippines? As of yesterday, our total number of Covid cases was reported to have
April 26, 2021
By Herbert Vego THIS corner agrees with the observation of jailed Senator Leila de Lima that the proliferation of community pantries from an isolated one at Maginhawa, Quezon City to thousands nationwide indicates rising poverty under the Duterte presidency. “Bawal ang maging makatao sa ilalim ni Duterte,” De Lima said in a statement on Wednesday,
April 23, 2021