PEOPLE POWWOW: Fisherman wins fight versus giant
BY HERBERT VEGO
IT could be a modern version of the fight between the boy David and the giant Goliath. Here, it’s an ordinary fisherman...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Trillanes half-correct on K-12
BY HERBERT VEGO
THIS corner half-agrees with Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV who said the other day that the K-12 program should be suspended until the...
PEOPLE POWWOW: A labor case won after death
By HERBERT VEGO
HE did not live to see his labor case decided in his favor, but he died fighting so that his wife and...
PEOPLE POWWOW: We are now a hundred million
By HERBERT VEGO
THE last time I talked to Iloilo provincial population officer Ramon Yee, he estimated that Philippine population had already hit 100 million....
PEOPLE POWWOW: Forced resignation no ground for denial of seaman’s disability claim
By HERBERT VEGO
IF a certified “fit-to-work” seaman falls ill on the job and resigns, is he entitled to such disability benefits as provided by...
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...
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...
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...
People Powwow: Writing for a lifetime
BY HERBERT VEGO
LAST week, I was probably at the nadir of my writing life when my dear brother Efren passed away in Quezon City....
People Powwow: Full compensation for seaman’s unexpired contract
By HERBERT VEGO
TWO ship captains are “too many” for a single ship. But this scenario actually played out with a humiliating consequence for one...