Making science work

LOCAL governments and the public in general listened to the advisories of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administrations and acted on them,...

LGUs should now be ready

AS Tropical Storm “Auring” plows central Philippines, government agencies and local government units (LGUs) should now be prepared and aim for zero casualty. The National...

How to prepare for typhoons

ARE WE ready for “Auring”? It intensified into a severe tropical storm on Friday as it moved slowly over the eastern part of Mindanao. On...

A welcome development but…

(We yield this space to the statement of Panay Alliance Karapatan due to its timeliness. – Ed.) THE FINDING of probable cause and serving of...

Bully

(We yield this space to the statement of the nongovernment organization  Promotion of Christian Response due to it timeliness. – Ed.) THE latest rant of...

Safe reopening of schools, not cinemas

IF CINEMAS can be reopened, the safe return to school of students should also be ensured, right? The point here is that the government...

Go ye and waste some more?

WHAT do we make of the government’s plan to construct 300 more landfills by 2022? Sounds reasonable and practical to manage solid wastes, right? Here’s...

A toxic relationship

ENVIRONMENTALISTS offered a timely advice yesterday, Valentine’s Day, to “lovers” of single-use plastics (SUPs):  break up or perish. Break free from SUPs as this...

Urgently needed

WHEN will the Senate pass its own version of a measure raising the statutory rape age to 16 years old from the current 12?...

Sexual abuse online

IT’S NOT just the rising cases of teen pregnancies that must be addressed. There’s another related problem rearing its ugly head – the online...