Into the real world
IT’S GRADUATION season. Pandemic or not, graduating college students should bear in mind that school only helps in their preparation for the competitive marketplace...
Public health over corporate profit
SOCIAL Watch Philippines, an organization advocating for people-centered health policies for the realization of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, called on President Ferdinand Marcos...
Not yet modernized
THE COUNTRY’S agriculture and fisheries sector has progressed since the passage of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA). However, it is not yet...
Back to in-person classes
WE’VE ALREADY allowed malls and restaurants to operate in many places, so why not the schools?
It is good that the Department of Education has...
Not just basic units of gov’t
VOTERS’ registration for the Dec. 5, 2022 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections are ongoing. The Commission on Elections is preparing for the polls as...
Not totally helpless
THE RECENT destructive Ifugao flooding was an early wakeup call to the new administration of President Marcos Jr.
While natural calamities may be worsening as...
FOI under Marcos
THE DUTERTE administration ended with Congress failing to pass a Freedom of Information (FOI) law. Will the Marcos administration be any different?
We cannot overemphasize...
Proper waste management
AMID increasing dengue cases, there’s a growing push for the ecological management of discards.
Department of Health (DOH) national data show 51,622 reported dengue cases...
Safety and health standards
THE GOVERNMENT should immediately and decisively act on the alarming number of workplace accidents that have claimed workers’ lives. Congress may amend the Occupational...
Farm production
A STUDY of international advocacy group Oxfam warned that rice yield in the Philippines will drop from 50 percent to 70 percent because of...