Prevalent impunity
(Due to its timeliness, we yield this space to the statement of the human rights alliance Karapatan. – Ed.)
BROADCAST commentator Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa...
Housing
IN ILOILO City, Bacolod City and Roxas City, socialized housing units will be constructed for the homeless and those living in danger zones and...
Protecting our seafarers
TWO Sundays ago, the country marked the National Seafarers’ Day (Sept. 25). Then President Fidel Ramos issued Proclamations No. 828 (1996) and No.1094 (1997) declaring every last Sunday of...
Additional burdens
IT WOULD be World Teachers’ Day this Oct. 5. We can’t help but recall the recent national elections when teachers showed unparalleled honor and...
Abusing technology
EVERY new technology carries with it tremendous responsibility. Technology should be used for the advancement of the interest of all and not only of...
Refuse to forget
(Due to its timeliness, we yield this space to the statement of the Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas on the 50th anniversary of...
An independent rights commission
THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) finally has a new Chairperson and a new commissioner. Rights groups urge them to uphold the Commission’s mandate...
Before disaster comes
SUPER typhoon “Karding” should make the national government and local government units (LGUs) realize that it is high time to prioritize more proactive and...
Planting is not enough
JUST this Sept. 24, 2022 some 1,200 seedlings of forest and fruit-bearing trees – jackfruit, coffee, cacao, narra, ipil, toog, kamagong, and Iloilo tree,...
Over-speeding
FRIDAY night last week, Sept. 23, a speeding pickup plowed a tricycle in Barangay Oyungan, Miag-ao, Iloilo. Four persons died, two of them were...