By Herbert Vego IF our national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal were alive, he would have turned very old at 159 today. Too bad he died very young at 35 (June 19, 1861-December 30, 1896), although he could have opted to live longer by kowtowing to the Spanish colonial government. Instead, he sacrificed his abundant life
June 19, 2020
By Herbert Vego WHAT does Panay Electric Co. (PECO) hope to accomplish by sponsoring a front-page “news” on unnamed Iloilo City residents “incensed by the seemingly unending prolonged and frequent power outages”? The allegation contradicts the opinion of Mayor Jerry P. Treñas, who told us that the new power franchisee, MORE Electric and Power Corp.’s
June 17, 2020
By Herbert Vego I used to frequent the Multinational Village in Parañaque City to edit the newsletter of the DWXI Prayer Partners Foundation. While I have not been there for a long time – no thanks to COVID-19 — I have been receiving calls from a resident bothered by the sudden disappearance of his neighbors
June 15, 2020
By Herbert Vego UNITED STATES President Franklin D. Roosevelt is well-remembered for this quotation from his 1933 inaugural address: “Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” That quote fits to a
June 11, 2020
By Herbert Vego “The more we get together Together, together The more we get together The happier we’ll be…” WHERE were you when you first heard that old camp song? That song takes us back to our kindergarten and primary-school days when we would gleefully sing it in class, feeling the truism behind
June 9, 2020