Where have the learners gone?
THE MOST disturbing number in education is not necessarily the number of children who fail an examination. It is the number of children who...
A city without a drainage blueprint
THE MOST worrisome revelation from Iloilo City’s latest flooding is not simply that 65 barangays went underwater or that 2,529 people were affected. It...
Who keeps Iloilo’s lights on?
WHEN the lights go out, consumers are told the Visayas grid is on yellow alert. Sometimes it is red. Then comes Manual Load Dropping,...
Beyond hospital beds
A PUBLIC hospital should not be measured simply by how many beds it has, how many patients pass through its emergency room, or how...
Plan now before the next power crisis
ILOILO City should not wait for the next yellow or red alert before asking how it will keep the lights on.
The recurring power interruptions...
Volunteerism must not become gov’t exploitation
VOLUNTEERISM is an act of generosity. It should never become an excuse for the government to obtain essential labor at poverty-level compensation.
Yet this is...
No honor without healthcare
NATIONAL Indigenous Peoples (IP) Day (observed on August 9 of each year) must go beyond the display of traditional attire, dances and cultural pride....
Floodwater knows no boundaries
FLOODWATER does not stop at a barangay boundary, recognize whether a drainage line belongs to the city or the Department of Public Works and...
Make every flood-control peso count
FLOOD-control spending must be judged by one simple and unforgiving question: Did it actually reduce flooding?
For too long, government has measured accomplishment through the...
Climate change is not an alibi
CLIMATE change is undeniably making Iloilo City’s flooding problem worse. But it must never become a convenient alibi for clogged waterways, inadequate drainage maintenance,...