Schools need doctors and nurses, not cops
NOT A FEW raised their eyebrows upon learning of the plan of the Philippine National Police to deploy its forces in the vicinity of...
Sustainable fishing
WE’RE entering the second month of the three-month closed fishing season in the Visayan Sea (Nov. 15, 2021 to Feb. 15, 2022). Catching, trading,...
Non-toxic
‘TIS THE SEASON of toy giving – if we go by the notion that the holiday season is primarily for children. But this is...
A continuing challenge
IT IS NO mere coincidence that journalist Maria Ressa received the Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10, the 73rd International Human Rights Day, at...
Fast and furious
A PREGNANT woman and a tricycle driver died while three others were hospitalized in a vehicular accident on Dec. 8 in Dueñas, Iloilo. According...
Organized crime on a massive scale
FROM various operations in the whole month of November, drug enforcement teams of the Bacolod City Police Office confiscated a combined P3.21- million worth...
Scorched-earth tactics
(We yield this space to the statement of the Citizens’ Alliance for Just Peace due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
WITH harrowing reports of an...
Wasting less
THIS PAPER reported recently that there was ample buffer stock of rice in Western Visayas. This was according to the National Food Authority. In...
Safe playthings
THIS holiday season dampened by the coronavirus pandemic should make us all the more concerned about children’s health and safety. Even minor injuries of...
Technology should not be abused
IN THE PAST few days, complaints mounted about thousands of text messages from random numbers offering nonexistent jobs to unsuspecting victims. Referred to as...