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Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Commentary

On community quarantine, 2

(Continued from March 20, 2020) HEALTH MEASURES, SOCIO-ECONOMIC SUBSIDY Bayan Panay stands that community quarantine should come with preventive and promotive health measures and socio-economic support to the...

On community quarantine, 1

BY ELMER FORRO BAGONG Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan Panay) takes seriously the threat posed by the deadly coronavirus which causes COVID-19 disease that is rapidly spreading...

Good psychological health in the time of ‘corona’

(Statement from the Psychology faculty members of the University of the Philippines Visayas on COVID-19) TH E Psychology faculty of the University of the Philippines Visayas acknowledges the...

We seek clarification

(Statement of Minority Senators Leila De Lima, Franklin Drilon, Risa Hontiveros, and Francis Pangilinan on the COVID-19 pandemic) IN LIGHT of the government’s lockdown of the...

Tying-up Loose Ends

BY JHIO JAN NAVARRO THE ANTI-terror bill, the vilification of dissenters and the multi-billion intelligence fund. From where I stand, all these appears to be...

A fatal dose

YET ANOTHER sad death from opiates that are legal and were legally supplied. What can be done to prevent this from reoccurring on what seems a...

A plastic past

FLICKING through today’s headlines I saw a birthday photo of a 61-year-old “woman” without any blemishes and very smooth skin – Barbie – the Mattel doll. It...

Unnatural disasters, 2

BY ETHAN CHUA (Continued from yesterday) IN THE WAKE of Taal’s eruption, state representatives have emphasized the need for disaster preparedness and resilience on the part of vulnerable...

Unnatural disasters, 1

BY ETHAN CHUA ON JANUARY 12 of this year, Taal Volcano in the Philippines was placed on alert level 4 by the Philippine Institute of...

All is OK with the world?

ALL IS okay with the world. A nice morning coffee at the usual venue and a little cake while reading their free newspapers. A quick trip to the...