Road safety
YESTERDAY, a barangay captain driving an SUV died in a vehicular accident in Barangay Dawis, New Lucena, Iloilo. The speeding vehicle was certainly no...
Inclusive education
NOVEMBER is National Children’s Month in the Philippines. Nov. 20, on the other hand, is marked as World Children’s Day by the United Nations....
Lethal campaign
THE OFFICIAL campaign period for nationally-elected positions is from Feb. 8 to May 7, 2022, and from March 25 to May 7, 2022 for...
How to make our health workers stay
THE COVID-19 pandemic has put the spotlight on the country’s public health system, specifically its shortcomings – its lackluster governance, its regulations, human resources,...
Food anxiety
IT WAS reported a few days ago that there was ample buffer stock of rice in Western Visayas. According to the National Food Authority...
Day 1 lessons
YESTERDAY was the first day of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) pilot run of face-to-face classes. It must take stock of the lessons in...
Better protection
THE PILOT run of limited face-to-face classes in 100 public schools across the country started yesterday. Three of these schools are in Western Visayas...
A peace process that addresses social injustices
(We yield this space to the statement of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
THE PHILIPPINE Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP)...
The air we breathe
WE CANNOT overemphasize the value of raising public awareness and action to combat air pollution. We cannot forever hold our breath to avoid dirty...
Respond with urgency
THIS MONTH is the eighth year of the Super Typhoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) destruction in 2013. Interestingly, it coincides with the 26th United...