Vaccine anxiety
AT THE SECOND hearing of the Senate Committee of the Whole on the government’s COVID-19 vaccination program on Jan. 15, the Inter-Agency Task Force...
Gradual easing of restrictions
(We yield this space to the statement of child rights group Salinlahi due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
THE GOVERNMENT needs to carefully consider the...
Online exploitation
THIS IS a most welcome development – the government wants to impose stricter regulations to effectively curb the spike in cases of online sexual...
Another vaccine fiasco in the making?
IT’S JARRING to see the President acting like a medical representative of China-made vaccines. It is thus not surprising that not a few were...
‘Cracker wastes and more
LOCAL governments and the public in general deserve a pat on the back for the lower firecracker-related injuries, firecracker-connected fire incidents, and less pollution...
For the marginalized
ONE of the reasons being invoked by those pushing for Charter Change is the party-list system. It is supposedly being hijacked by the communists,...
Bounce forward
DESPITE the many calamities that we have experienced as a nation such as the recent flooding in Negros Occidental, many might still ask why...
Everybody’s business
THESE were the scenes in Talisay, Silay, Victorias, and Sagay cities in Negros Occidental on Friday and Saturday last week: evacuations, stranded commuters, people...
Striking a delicate balance
NEXT month, Feb. 15, the three-month fishing ban / closed season on the Visayan Sea – a rich fishing ground bordered by the islands...
Muted celebrations
THE COVID-19 pandemic is adversely affecting the staging of festivals and fiestas, and sadly, this gets even more pronounced this January, the “festival month”...