Don’t compromise health
THE Department of Education (DepEd) should not compromise the implementation of minimum health standards in schools to cater to face-to-face classes.
Recent statements by DepEd...
Problematic
JUST look at the country’s global standing in providing quality education for students. It has been sliding in the previous years. Even before the...
Human security
(We yield this space to the statement of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
THE INTERNATIONAL...
Goodbye skilled, professional workers?
ACCORDING to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, remittance flows from overseas-based Filipinos grew for the second month in a row in April, rising by...
Grassroots sports
THIS PAPER reported recently about Ilonggo Arnel Mandal, the wushu gold medalist in the recent 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games held in Vietnam. He...
From rice producer to rice importer
IT’S EMBARRASSING. We are a rice-producing country but we’re importing rice. We do not have enough stocks. Domestic supplies are low and can only...
Food security
FOOD shortage in the later part of 2022. That is the warning of the Department of Agriculture. What should we do? A country with...
A health issue
ADVOCATES of vaping say the consolidated House Bill 9007 and Senate Bill 2239 or the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Bill strikes “a good balance...
Truth and freedom
(Due to its timeliness, we yield this space to the statement of the ecumenical group “One Faith, One Nation, One Voice” issued during the...
Freedom
IT WAS on June 12, 1898 when Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo raised the Philippine flag for the first time at the balcony of his house...