A long way to go
THERE will be a nationwide
simultaneous earthquake drill on March 12, the National Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Council (NDRMMC) announced yesterday. It reminded citizens to
remember...
A solution worse than the problem
NOT A FEW
Muslim leaders are raising a howl over a recent memorandum of the Philippine
National Police seeking an updated list of Muslim students in...
Ignorance and Islamophobia
WE VIEW with alarm and concern the
move of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to profile Muslim students in high
schools, colleges and universities in the...
Reckless and irresponsible
JUST THIS Saturday, Feb. 15, a
passenger bus fell on its side while navigating the road in Barangay Qui-anan,
San Joaquin, Iloilo. At least 29
passengers sustained...
Look at the whole situation
AMID reports on the reading
proficiency issues of pupils, the Department of Education (DepEd) should make
public the detailed report on the reading inventory done by...
Reading the signs
REPORTS about schoolchildren having
difficulty reading – in Iloilo, the Bicol region and who knows where else –
bolster the calls for an urgent and thorough...
What’s the rush?
IN 2018, the Philippines and Kuwait
had a diplomatic row over the killing of domestic helper Joana Demafelis from
Iloilo and the emirate’s kid-glove treatment of...
We are the future of our seas
YESTERDAY, Feb. 16, fishing resumed at
the Visayan Sea after three months of “closed season” which allowed herrings,
mackerels and sardines to spawn and increase their...
Onus is on Congress
AN INFRASTRUCTURE-oriented think-tank
warned that ultimately, the President has the final say on whether a giant
television network will be allowed to operate after the lapse...
It’s still more fun in PH
(We
yield this space to the joint statement of the Department of Tourism and
Tourism Congress of the Philippines due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
THE DEPARTMENT...