COVID-displaced OFWs
ONE OF the sectors severely hit by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is labor, and specifically our overseas Filipino workers.
Many parts of the world...
Wanted: accessible mental care system
ANOTHER youngster, a student in Iloilo, was reported to have committed suicide recently. The family believed the youngster suffered from depression, citing pressure from...
Farmers first
FARMERS’ cooperatives and associations in 16 municipalities of Antique recently received millions worth of farm equipment from the Department of Agriculture (DA). The equipment –...
Dismaying and irresponsible
ACCORDING to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the University of the Philippines – Department of National Defense (UP-DND) accord was destined to be...
High cost, poor quality internet
ONE REALIZATION in the recent Dinagyang Digital celebration was the importance of better internet connectivity and accessibility. It is public knowledge that information and...
Strengthen coordination
THE LACK of accurate information on beneficiaries and poor coordination across different levels of government are among the major issues that surfaced during the...
Dinagyang Digital – a unique opportunity
DINAGYANG Festival this year is so unlike the celebrations in previous years. Everything is “virtual”, that is, live-streamed on social media and the internet....
A blatant attack
(We yield this space to the statement of Salinlahi Alliance for Children’s Concerns due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
WE STRONGLY condemn Department of National...
Red-tagging an entire university
HOWLS of protest met the Department of National Defense’s (DND) abrogation of the 1989 accord regarding the conduct of military and police operations within...
We’re not safe until everyone’s safe
TO INCREASE vaccine confidence among Filipinos amid concerns over the efficacy of vaccines in general, health experts cite the need for an information campaign....