Don’t touch people’s pension fund
(Due to its timeliness, we yield this space to the statement of the CARMMA coalition or the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses...
Remembering ‘Odette’ and more
WHY do moments of selflessness become massively evident only in times of disasters?
In the face of crisis and disasters, we see the Filipino bayanihan...
Water everywhere but…
THERE was more to the recent cases of cholera in Iloilo city and province, and Bacolod City. They also brought to fore our concern...
A shared responsibility
ACCORDING to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, up to two tropical cyclones are expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility...
Bonifacio’s example
(We yield this space to the statement of human rights alliance Karapatan on the 159th birth anniversary of the Filipino people’s hero Andres Bonifacio....
A partial victory
(Due to its significance, we yield this space to the statement of the Child Rights Network. – Ed.)
CHILD rights advocates welcome the recent conviction...
Devolution aid share
IDENTIFIED poor, disadvantaged, and lagging local government units (LGUs) are expected to receive financial assistance through the Growth Equity Fund (GEF) to help them...
Dismal anti-rabies program
THIS PAPER recently reported that the famous Gigantes Island and two other island barangays in Carles, Iloilo have been declared rabies-free – a big...
Equality and non-discrimination
(We yield this space to the statement of the Child Rights Network, the largest alliance of child-focused organizations and agencies in the Philippines, due...
Homelessness
THE COUNTRY has a 6.5-million housing shortage and of these, 3.7 million are informal settler families, data from the Department of Human Settlements and...