Greening Iloilo
TODAY, some 10,000 tree seedlings
would be planted in three barangays of Passi City in Iloilo province. The
seedlings include narra, jackfruit, cacao, kamagong, mahogany, Palawan...
An unwelcome comeback
POLIO
– crippling, potentially fatal and one of the most feared childhood diseases –
makes an unwelcomed comeback in the country. The State has the obligation...
Department of OFW
IT IS FERVENTLY
hoped and prayed that there would be enough momentum now for the proposed
Department of Overseas Filipino Workers. House Bill 4814 seeks just...
Susceptible to abuse and exploitation
THIS PAPER
reported recently that the female Syrian employer of slain Ilongga overseas
Filipino worker (OFW) Joanna Demafelis in Kuwait had been convicted for murder
by the...
If you don’t believe this, stop breathing
THE AIR QUALITY in Iloilo city and
province remains good, based on the latest air quality monitoring of the Environmental
Management Bureau. Their total suspended particulate...
Everybody must do their share
THE CURRENT generation of young
people, 30 years and younger, has no memory, nay experience, of what their
elders experienced during those horrible years of martial...
The future of our seas relies on us
THE MAYOR of Carles, Iloilo, Siegfredo
Betita, has expressed his local government unit’s helplessness in the fight
against illegal fishing and has appealed for outside help...
A perennial problem in colleges
WE LEARNED of another hazing-related
death. The victim was a Philippine Military Academy cadet who died inside his
barracks at Fort Del Pilar in Baguio City...
Stronger support for agriculture
A COUNTRY with a hungry and
malnourished citizenry can never attain progress. True. But there is a big
irony in our midst. Our farmers, who feed...
Weak enforcement of environmental laws
THE Department of Tourism is worried
about the Gigantes island chain in Carles, Iloilo. It is a fledgling tourist
destination, not yet fully developed but already...