Focused work on disaster management
IN HIS fourth State of the Nation Address,
President Duterte called for the establishment of a Department of Resilience in
preparation for future natural calamities. It’s...
Barangay polls
IN HIS fourth State of the Nation Address,
President Duterte called for the postponement of the barangay election
supposedly to be held in May next year...
SONA on environmental protection
AS HE CITED government-led efforts to
rehabilitate the famed Boracay Island and Manila Bay, President Duterte, in his
fourth State of the Nation Address, said
he was...
Advancing children’s rights
(We yield this space to the statement of the Child
Rights Network – the largest alliance of
organizations and agencies pushing for children’s rights legislation in...
Stringent implementation
WHEN tropical depression “Falcon” enhanced the
southwest monsoon last week, we again saw several parts of Iloilo City flooded.
The problem on flooding has long been...
Stronger disaster preparedness for kids
JULY has been designated as National Disaster
Resilience Month to raise awareness on the need for building resilience across
national and local levels. But we have...
National dengue alert
THE NATIONAL dengue alert issued by the Department of Health (DOH) should prompt the general public to ensure that discarded materials that can hold...
Get involved
WE CONTINUE to hope that industrialized
countries would commit to ambitious sustainable development goals such as deep
cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions and significant technological...
Political will needed to enforce waste law
THE CALL for proper waste management amid the spike
in dengue cases raises one crucial question: Do local governments have the
political will to vigorously enforce...