No smoking

NINE DAYS ago, May 31, it was World No Tobacco Day. We were reminded of Executive Order No. 26 that President Duterte signed some...

Are we ready?

ACCORDING to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration, the rainy season has started, with higher-than-normal rainfall lately seen in several places. Stranded commuters,...

Healthcare

RECENT tropical storm “Dante” and the flashfloods it left reminded us that climate change poses threats not only to the environment but health as...

‘Vaxxed or vexed?’

THREE months since the COVID-19 vaccination program began, how’s the government faring in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout? An assessment is a must if the...

OFWs in distress

THE PANDEMIC has resulted to the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Their sad plight amplifies the need for a government agency solely focused...

Accountability

IN A TELEVISED address on May 31, President Duterte addressed human rights groups and told them that the government cannot give all the records...

Nonpartisan

A SUPPOSED letter of a barangay chairman in a village in Bulacan circulated in social media. It was supposedly asking the residents of Barangay...

Make digital space safe for kids

ONE OF the negative consequences of the global health and economic crisis is the increasing vulnerability of Filipino children to sexual abuse and exploitation...

Should’ve been done long ago

AFTER years of putting its files in secrecy, the Philippine National Police announced it would grant the Department of Justice access to 61 records...

Learners with disabilities

HERE’S one good development – a bill instituting a wide range of services for learners with disabilities inches closer to getting passed into law,...