Exhausting and costly cycle
BEFORE super typhoon “Yolanda” made
landfall six years ago on Nov. 8, 2013 many local governments prepared for its
coming, enforcing evacuation of many families in...
‘Yolanda’ was just an example
IT WAS exactly six years ago today
when super typhoon “Yolanda” battered the Visayas. Certainly, there are more
lessons to be learned.
“Yolanda” was just an example....
Still no justice for massacred Negros Occ. sugar workers
ONE YEAR AGO, in October 2018, nine
sugar workers were killed in Sagay City, Negros Occidental by some 40
unidentified armed men. Up to now, their...
A very long way to go
THE
SERIES of destructive earthquakes that hit Mindanao prompted calls for a full
review on the compliance and implementation of Republic Act (RA) 10121or the Philippine
Disaster...
Know what to do and where to go
WE WILL not tire of demanding from
concerned government agencies the establishment of necessary mechanisms to
secure our communities from the devastating effects of disasters such...
Trading humans
ON OCT. 25, 10 women between 22 to 32
years old were rescued by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group –
Iloilo City field unit from...
Sound engineering practice
FOLLOWING successive earthquakes in
Mindanao, President Duterte directed local government units (LGUs) across the
country to conduct an immediate inspection of buildings within their respective
jurisdictions. We...
More respectful, less wasteful
THE TIME-HONORED practice of
remembering our deceased loved ones and the saints – All Saints’ Day and All
Souls’ Day – has turned into a de...
Road clearing
THE GOVERNMENT’S road and
sidewalk-clearing push is a herculean fight against corruption. Why so? It’s
not really hard to imagine every Tom, Dick and Harry illegally...
It is doable
THIS PAPER reported recently that
before this year is over, all local government units (LGUs) in Iloilo province –
42 municipalities and one component city –...