Doublespeak
(We yield this space to the statement of the human rights group Karapatan due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
RECENT publicly expressed views of President...
Renewable energy
IN RECENT years there has been a concomitant tightness in supply in the power sector and an increased rate of outage of coal plants...
Crops could fail
THE PROSPECT of famine is real. We do not want to sound unduly alarmist but crops could fail because of the erratic weather. The...
We need safe schools
ARE OUR schools safe?
By safe, we mean school buildings should be structurally sound and built on safe ground. We do not want a strong...
We insist on being free
(We yield this space to the statement of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines marking World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2023,...
Young and laboring
THE OTHER DAY’s Labor Day observance mostly focused on workers’ welfare, wages, security of tenure, benefits, etc. We have not heard discussions on one...
Asserting amid repression
(We yield this space to the Labor Day statement of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
WE...
Heat-health warning
BECAUSE the Philippines does not have a heat warning signals system contained in a policy that they could cite as basis for their decision-making, school...
Not just a health issue
IT IS A common notion that smoking is just a health issue. However, we must recognize the entirety of its impacts on health, environment,...
‘Leptos’ and waste mgt
AS EARLY as last month, the Iloilo Provincial Health Office warned residents, especially farmers, against rising leptospirosis cases. From Jan. 1 to March 11,...