Disastrous disaster capitalism
BY ANNE MARXZE UMIL
CRISES are always unpredictable regardless of preparation. The current Taal Volcano eruption has given us multiple stories – haphazard responses from...
The odd dozen
THERE have been
tens of thousands of gun rights supporters at a protest in Virginia’s capital
complaining about possible changes to gun laws.
One of the laws
they...
Where am I going?
AUSTRALIA’S consumer agency,
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), has examined hotel
booking website Trivago and found that it is misleading in that it doesn’t
always give...
Fake faces
THE USE of “fake news” has spread to
medical advertisements in Australia and probably in most countries.
The three words, fake, celebrity and
medicine can be used...
The Prince is no Pauper
BY DENNIS FITZGERALD
THE WORLD of literature provides a number of tales of royalty and their troubles with Shakespeare giving us Hamlet involving madness and...
Just one in hundreds
BY DENNIS FITZGERALD
SOMETIMES it’s the small events that bring home an issue to you, as the saying you can’t see the trees for the...
Unintentional intention?
BY DENNIS FITZGERALD
HOW can Iran claim the death of 176
people was “unintentional”?
Someone made a deliberate decision to
fire a weapon to take down the...
No more promises
BY THE ALLIANCE OF CONCERNED TEACHERS
PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Salvador
Panelo said there was still time for President Duterte to fulfill his promise
of doubling teachers’ pay.
He...
Awe and wonder
BY DR. HERMAN LAGON
(Speech delivered during the Character Day and Launching of the Book Month celebration, Nov. 8, 2019, Ateneo de Iloilo.)
ZǍOSHANG hǎo. Good...
Repressing teachers, militarizing education will not address poor quality
BY ALLIANCE OF CONCERNED TEACHERS
TEACHERS and education workers have
been relentless in the pursuit to counter the declining quality of education by
demanding from the government...