Love for the environment
NOT ONLY should we express our love
for our significant others today, Valentine’s Day. We should also profess the
same for Planet Earth.
While we can...
Heart and soul of the health system
THE ASSOCIATED Press reports that
doctors on the frontline of China’s new coronavirus epidemic are facing a
daunting task: treat an ever-growing number of infected patients...
Children and online predators
FEBRUARY 10-14 is National Awareness
Week for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, while Feb. 11
is Safer Internet Day. These two observances aim...
Defend people’s right to know
(We
yield this space to the statement of the National Union of Journalists of the
Philippines due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
AND SO it has come...
Rapidly depleting
THIS Feb. 15 the annual three-month
fishing ban in the Visayan Sea which started in November last year would end.
The yearly “closed season” aims to...
Cybersecurity
A RECENT Senate hearing showed the clear
ignorance of the country’s power grid operator on the absolute importance of
cybersecurity in our public utilities.
The government...
Wealthier but not necessarily healthier
IT’S NOT SURPRISING that the novel
coronavirus originating in Wuhan City, China has gone global. We now live in a
highly globalized environment where you have...
‘High priority measure’
WHATEVER happened to President
Duterte’s proposed creation of a “Department of Disaster Management” – an
inter-agency focused on strengthening our country’s capacity for resilience to
disasters?
We’re not...
Intel funds, backdoor for corruption?
THERE is a need for an independent
investigation on the intelligence and confidential funds allocated for all
government agencies. It may start from the revelations of...
In disaster prevention, knowledge is power
FOLLOWING the severe flooding in northern Iloilo caused by typhoon
“Ursula” recently, Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. called for a reassessment of
Iloilo’s hazard map prepared by...