Wanted: climate-resilient bridges, roads
TROPICAL storm “Paeng” destroyed not only houses and farmlands. It also damaged many public infrastructures, mostly bridges and roads.
Lesson: the government should invest more...
Becoming storm ‘experts’
AS THIS was being written on Friday, tropical storm “Paeng” was busy unleashing torrential rains over Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas, Quezon, MIMAROPA, Caraga,...
Fixing healthcare
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stressed the importance of shifting the government’s focus to primary healthcare to ensure the successful fight against health crises and sustain...
Rebranding
(Due to its timeliness, we yield this space to the statement of the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law on...
Reducing disaster risk
MOST parts of the country will continue to experience scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Palawan, the...
Mental
CONSIDERING recent statistics showing that the COVID-19 pandemic had a serious impact on the mental health situation of Filipinos, particularly the youth, an aggressive...
Whitewashing
(We yield this space to the statement of the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law due to its significance. –...
Difficult job for new PDEA chief
PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has named a new Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief – retired Philippine National Police’s Special Action Force commander...
The guards of our coasts
IT WAS the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) 121st anniversary on Wednesday, Oct. 19. That’s how long this government agency has been serving Filipinos. PCG...
Food challenge
THIS year finds us with an ongoing coronavirus pandemic, conflicts, a climate that won’t stop warming, rising prices and international tensions. This is affecting...