People Powwow: Prevention better than PhilHealth
By HERBERT VEGO
“AN ounce of prevention,” even doctors admit, “is worth a pound of cure.”
The quotation is especially applicable to indigent Filipinos who can’t...
People Powwow: A home for Yolanda
By HERBERT VEGO
HER name is Yolanda, a victim of a typhoon by that name. She now lives with a relative here in Iloilo City...
People Powwow: Sick seamen should always press for disability benefits
BY HERBERT VEGO
IF you are a very sick overseas seaman who applies for permanent disability benefits, would you accept the shipping agency’s “Sorry, you...
People Powwow: Thumbs up to Miraflores, down to CHED
By HERBERT VEGO
A FEW issues ago, this corner questioned the tendency of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to approve applications for tuition hikes...
People Powwow: How I turned my back on government job
BY HERBERT VEGO
IN my early days as a professional journalist in Manila, Pete Vael of what was then the Bureau of National and Foreign...
People Powwow: When a sick seaman becomes ‘fit to work’
By HERBERT VEGO
DOES it happen in real life that a sick overseas seaman gets a “fit to work” certification from a shipping agency? If...
People Powwow: K-12, an anachronistic DepEd program
By HERBERT VEGO
AS I was writing this yesterday, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro was expected at the Nueva Valencia High School in...
People Powwow: For whom does CHED work?
By HERBERT VEGO
THE officials of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) want us to believe that they are there to protect us parents and...
People Powwow: Post-work disease may still be work-related
By HERBERT VEGO
WHY are seamen limited to a contractual tenure of 12 months or less?
For one reason, they need to enjoy vacation with their...
People Powwow: A PNoy ‘boss’ in Saudi Arabia
BY HERBERT VEGO
THE Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) always reserves scholarship slots for “students in a hurry,” according to Regional Director Toni...