Well-equipped or ill-equipped?
A FRONT page report of this paper
yesterday asked if Western Visayas’ local government units are ill-equipped to
respond to disasters such as flooding and landslides....
Injurious to public health
THERE was one obscure but good news
last week – the impending re-exportation of illegal waste shipments from South
Korea, described by authorities as “misdeclared and...
Garbage collection cannot afford a vacation
AT THE start of the new year recently,
irked residents and business operators in Boracay took to social media to decry
the uncollected garbage along the...
Review, yes, but not just the geohazard map
MASSIVE flooding in northern Iloilo
when typhoon “Ursula” struck on Christmas Day caught many local government
units there by surprise. This prompted Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr....
Hoping for peace
THE renewed interest toward resuming
peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the
National Democratic Front of the Philippines should inspire...
Exploring other renewable sources of energy
IT’S NOT just the influx of returning overseas Filipino workers
that the government must be ready for. There’s also the possible skyrocketing
of oil prices due...
Time to act is now
NOW, MORE than ever, the state of our
environment is taking center stage in discussions around the world. The matter
is existential. In the Philippines, one...
Displaced OFWs
THE RISING tension
in the Middle East where there are thousands of overseas Filipino workers
(OFWs) should make the government rethink its labor export policy, which...
We can’t control the weather but…
THE capsizing of three motorboats at the
Iloilo Strait in August last year was one of the biggest and saddest stories of
2019. Moving forward to...
One injury is one too many
THE BODILY injuries
inflicted by firecrackers and fireworks, especially on young victims are
saddening and dismaying. One injury is one too many and our society has...