From Iloilo to Guimaras and vice versa
AT THE MOMENT, there is only one way of
going to Guimaras from Iloilo and vice versa and that is thru motorboats via
the Iloilo Strait....
Stringent vetting process
THE NATIONAL Police Commission (Napolcom)
should have a stringent vetting process at each stage of the promotion process
for every police officer vying for any command...
Honest-to-goodness internal cleansing
THE ISSUE on the so-called “ninja
cops” – a term coined for rogue policemen involved in recycling confiscated
illegal drugs – should prompt Congress to expedite...
If only…
THE SUPREME Court recently allowed
Filipina death row inmate Mary Jane Veloso, a suspected drug mule, to testify
against her alleged recruiters through deposition in Indonesia....
Overlooked people
IN SOME 90 countries, according to the
United Nations, there are an estimated 370 million indigenous peoples. The
Philippines alone consists of a large number of...
Lack of enforcement
UNDER Executive Order No. 92 signed by President Duterte recently, the
National Council Against Child Labor must strengthen the protection of the
youth against exploitation, specifically,...
Reduce the risk
IN CONSTANTLY reminding local government units
to strengthen their respective pre-disaster preparations especially this rainy
season, the Office of Civil Defense in Western Visayas may sound...
Evacuation centers
THE OFFICE of Civil Defense will
construct a P36.5-million regional evacuation center in Iloilo City. It will be
erected on the city government’s 5,000-square meter property...
Marginalized Filipinos
OCTOBER is National Indigenous Peoples
(IPs) Month by virtue of Proclamation No. 1906 signed on Oct. 5, 2009, by then
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. This observance aims...
Care for workers
(We yield this space to the statement of Kilusang
Mayo Uno marking the World Day for Decent Work on Oct. 7, 2019 due to its
timeliness....