‘New normal’ disasters
STATISTICS on natural disasters show that the most devastating natural disaster in the Philippines in terms of economic damages are mostly due to storms...
Module errors
EVERY now and then we hear of reports and/or complains about errors in the modules of learners. The latest of these errors out the...
World-class seafarers
ACCORDING to data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, cash remittances from all sea-based overseas Filipino workers in the year 2021 totaled $6.545 billion...
Public works ban
THE 45-day public works ban that took effect on March 25 due to the upcoming elections should be implemented in a way that it...
More resolved and motivated
TODAY PANAY News is celebrating with its 41st anniversary this political season. Interestingly, the birth of this paper on April 7, 1981 coincided with a political...
‘Brain gain’
THOUSANDS of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have returned home for good during the pandemic. The government should have a strategy on how to tap...
Not the right time
THE DEPARTMENT of Finance (DoF) has proposed that the government impose new taxes to pay for the Philippines’ burgeoning debts.
Not so fast.
It’s true that...
Miriam’s foresight
MORE than eight years ago, brilliant Ilongga senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago introduced a bill that would have provided adequate preparedness for our country in relation...
Something smells fishy
A RECENT announcement by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to import 60,000 metric tons of fish due to its projected supply shortfall of 119,000...
COVID alert levels
THE PROVINCAL government of Negros Occidental has a proposal to the national Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) that is worth considering – COVID alert levels...