Pandemic of joblessness
SIX MONTHS of community quarantine have cost thousands – if not millions – of people their jobs.
One tough task of the government now is...
Cosmetic
IN LINE with the public’s right to know, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of Public Works and Highways...
COVID lessons
THE LACK of accurate information on beneficiaries and poor coordination across different levels of government are among the major issues that surfaced during the...
Stop the killings!
(We yield this space to the joint statement of various human rights organizations marking Sept. 14 as the Global Day of Action on the...
Historical revisionism
THE HOUSE of Representatives’ approval of House Bill 7137 declaring Sept. 11 a non-working holiday in Ilocos Norte in honor of the late dictator...
Pandemic education in curriculum
IT CANNOT be overstated that education must be relevant. It must reflect and respond to social realities. Here’s one suggestion the Department of Education...
Absolute nonsense
(We yield this space to the statement of the Center for Women’s Resources due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
THE “absolute pardon” granted by President...
Protect human rights defenders
(We yield this space to the statement of the International Service for Human Rights due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
ZARA Alvarez, 39, spent most of...
Where our money should go
THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic has fully exposed the weaknesses of our education system, as well as of other social institutions, caused largely by year after...
Health decentralization
STUDIES on health decentralization released by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies found major issues in the policy’s design and implementation.
One study...