Rebuild stronger communities
SIX YEARS ago before super typhoon
“Yolanda” made landfall, many local governments prepared for its coming,
enforcing evacuation of many families in barangays located along the...
Do better, aim higher
(Due
to its timeliness, we yield this space to the New Year 2020 message of
President Rodrigo Duterte to the Filipino people. – Ed.)
I JOIN the...
New Year’s resolution: be eco-friendly
IT IS REALLY great to see families and
friends happily celebrating the New Year with bright and boisterous countdown
to 2020 and the customary media noche...
How should we welcome New Year 2020?
WITH climate change becoming an
existential threat, it is a must that we resolve to have a nature- and
climate-friendly celebration of the New Year.
Oh yes,...
Rizal’s heroic example
TODAY we commemorate the martyrdom of
our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. Born in June 1861, he would live to
celebrate only 35 birthdays, a short...
Rebuild stronger communities
AMID the ongoing relief efforts by
government agencies for the victims of typhoon “Ursula”, let us not overlook
the fact that local governments are facing the...
Social protection for disaster resilience
INCESSANT rains caused by typhoon
“Ursula” triggered destructive flashfloods in parts of Panay Island and displaced
thousands of families. How can the government’s social protection program...
Reduce holiday season trash
AS SHOPPING for gift items hits frenzy
level, allow us to remind the public not to make the cheerful tradition of
holiday season gift-giving a sad...
Impunity is not forever
THE CONVICTION of over 40 people,
including Datu Andal Jr. and Zaldy Ampatuan, in the infamous Ampatuan massacre
that brutally claimed the lives of 58 individuals,...
No one is above the law
(We yield this
space to the statement of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and its
president, Atty. Domingo Egon Q. Cayosa, due to its timeliness....