Empowering LGUs vs COVID
ONE YEAR into the lockdown, it is dispiriting that number of COVID-19 cases continue to spike instead of ebbing. On Monday, March 15, the...
Harder times ahead for education?
THE recent results of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that 89 percent of families with enrolled children aged 5 to 20 years...
Not the time yet to let our guard down
HOW are we doing after a year of lockdown?
Due to the recent spike in COVID cases and the emergence of new strains as the...
Plastics crisis
DID YOU KNOW that this Monday, March 15, is World Consumer Rights Day? It has for its theme “Tackling Plastic Pollution”. Thus for the...
Quake vigilance even during pandemic
THE HOLDING of this year’s first-quarter online quake drill yesterday had hopefully ensured preparedness during earthquake disasters, even with the ongoing pandemic.
We must continue...
State of violence
(We yield this space to the statement of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform due to its timeliness. – Ed)
WE ARE very concerned about the...
Stop attacks vs ATA petitioners, counsel
(We yield this space to the statement of the counsel and petitioners against the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act due to its significance.– Ed.)
WE,...
Presumed guilty until proven innocent
(We yield this space to the statement of peasant group Pamanggas-Panay due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
IN ANOTHER attempt to trample basic human rights,...
Women have less social protection
TODAY is International Women’s Day, a focal point in the movement for women’s rights. But let’s focus in our country, and particularly on an...
A call for a more active response
(We yield this space to the statement of Anti-Terrorism Act Petitioners’ counsels for a more active response against attacks on lawyers and judges due...