Mental health helpline is not enough
TO HELP students and teachers cope with stress due to the challenges of continuing education amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Education’s...
An essential measure
AMID the looming threat of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, isn’t it prudent to impose a ban on firecrackers as an essential measure to keep...
This cannot continue
(We yield this space to the statement of human rights alliance Karapatan due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
AS WE commemorate the 158th birth anniversary...
Unaware
A DECADE ago, a disappointed Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., author of the Local Government Code, proposed the conversion of barangays from political...
Another postponement?
IN THE ongoing regional convention of the Liga ng mga Barangay of Western Visayas in Iloilo City, one matter being explored is the possible...
How did we get here?
ACCORDING to a recent World Bank report, only 20% of households with school children are able to access distance learning, the lowest rate alongside...
Landmark legislation
THE COUNTRY is one step closer to passing a law that will provide stronger protection for children against sexual violence. Congress’ bicameral conference committee...
A sustainable practice
ACCORDING to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, overfishing and illegal fishing are taking a toll on the fish population in the Visayan...
Impunity reigns
YESTERDAY was the 12th year of the Ampatuan massacre wherein 58 media practitioners and civilians were murdered in a single incident.
The killings, which happened...