Employment and disaster resilience
THE Philippine Statistics Authority announced on Nov. 8 that the unemployment rate dipped to five percent (2.50 million) from 5.3 percent (2.68 million) in...
Compliant or not?
IN OUR continuing quest to build a safe nation, we must look at exemplary efforts so that we may enjoin other communities to strengthen...
Strong enough infras?
A LOT OF bridges and roads in Panay Island got damaged when Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” struck. This should prompt local government units and...
Managing risks
NINE years ago Super Typhoon “Yolanda” became the new benchmark for disaster prevention and preparedness, which means that communities should be ready for typhoons...
Remember ‘Yolanda’? We have a long way to go…
NINE YEARS ago today, Super Typhoon “Yolanda” battered the Visayas and other nearby regions. Have we learned our lessons from such disaster?
The well-known Filipino...
Quest for justice
(Due to its timeliness, we yield this space to the statement of the Philippine Universal Periodic Review Watch. – Ed.)
IN OCTOBER 2022, Justice Secretary Jesus...
More needs to be done
THE LATEST mortality figures showed nearly a hundred people killed due to Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” across the country. Of these, 33 casualties were...
Food security
CAN WE attain food security despite many challenges, among them storms that regularly batter the agriculture sector such as the recent Tropical Storm “Paeng”?
Based...
Meltdown
AFTER seeing for himself yesterday in Mindanao what environmentalists for years had been warning the government on what would happen, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr....
Respect the dead and the environment
LET US make our cemeteries trash-free. As we remember our deceased loved ones today, let us show how we value and care for Mother...