Misrule
(We yield this space to the Unity Statement of teachers, academics and education workers due to its significance. – Ed.)
EDUCATION workers cannot sit idly...
Indiscriminate garbage disposal
THIS TIME of the year, heavy monsoon rains usually result to flashfloods in parts of Iloilo City. The main culprit is the metro’s clogged...
Waste prevention
HERE’S one good news. The P408-million Passi City Integrated Waste Management Facility located in Barangay Aglalana has started operating. A cluster of towns in...
Better nutrition
ACCORDING to the National Nutrition Council, the nutrition status of Western Visayas’ children is improving; the prevalence of various forms of malnutrition in 2020...
OFWs deserve full gov’t attention
ANOTHER overseas Filipino worker – a woman from Dumarao, Capiz – was found dead. According to initial reports from Pakistan, her body had bruises...
A wakeup call
THE EDUCATION crisis started long before the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of the World Bank assessment on education in the Philippines is not surprising...
Face to face
FACE-to-faces classes soon? If this can be done safely, why not?
Health secretary and IATF head Francisco Duque reportedly said “enough number of participating teachers”...
Ensure children’s safety
(We yield this space to the statement of Salinlahi Alliance for Children’s Concerns due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
WHILE we welcome the recent easing...
Lackluster pandemic response
IN THE April 28 - May 2, 2021 survey of the Social Weather Stations, 49 percent of families described themselves as poor, while only...
PH education in crisis
(We yield this space to the statement of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
IN THE last few days, the...