Build confidence for safe school reopening
(We yield this space to the statement of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers of the Philippines due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
ON NOV. 15,...
Face to face
THE DEPARTMENT of Education (DepEd) is set to pilot test 100 out of almost 48,000 public schools for face-to-face classes starting Nov. 15, 20...
Detached from reality
THE DEPARTMENT of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is detached from reality and unaware of the real plight of the poor. Its push for...
Has ‘Yolanda” made us smarter?
TODAY is the eighth anniversary of the mega disaster called super typhoon “Yolanda” that plowed central Philippines and killed at least 6,000 lives on...
Disaster-proofing
LAST WEEK a magnitude 4 earthquake rattled parts of Western Visayas. We cannot predict when an earthquake will occur, therefore, we must always be...
The people who toil our soil
FARMERS such as those in Negros Occidental are getting desperate. Farm inputs are sky-high, specifically fertilizers. It’s difficult to plant and grow rice. They...
Saving our future now
IT CAN’T be business as usual anymore, especially every typhoon season. We know that the Philippines is hit by at least 20 deadly typhoons...
Improving road safety
A WEEK ago, two motorcycles collided in Barangay Casalsagan, Pototan, Iloilo. Three persons were injured. That week, too, in adjacent Negros Occidental, a minor...
Respect the dead and Mother Earth
CEMETERIES are closed from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2 as a measure to prevent mass gatherings that could become COVID-19 super spreaders. Thus visitors...
Critical thinkers
ACCORDING to the Department of Education, teachers should remain apolitical and cannot express political opinions. Huh? DepEd should be reminded that teachers do not...