A counterpart responsibility
JUST over a month ago, the previous
Sangguniang Panlungsod of Iloilo City passed an
ordinance calling for the creation of dengue task forces in the barangays.
Councilor...
Exploiting the young
ACCORDING to the Department of Labor and
Employment, Western Visayas ranked No. 5 among the country’s regions with a
high incidence of child labor. The region...
Blaming the children
IN THE Senate, the bill seeking to lower the
minimum age of criminal liability to 12 from 15 (in the Lower House it was nine
from...
On the brink of extinction
LAST WEEK a four-day Western Visayas
Conservation Workshop was held in Bacolod City and experts and stakeholders
crafted an integrated plan for the conservation of endangered...
Practical strategy vs dengue
CARELESSLY thrown plastic bags and bottles,
polystyrene packaging, sachets, snack packs, empty bottles and cans, and other
discards can gather and hold water where mosquitoes can...
National Disaster Consciousness Month
WE ARE entering the month of July, which
is observed as National Disaster Consciousness Month, literally wet. The
low-pressure area inside the Philippine area of responsibility...
Be prepared all the time this rainy season
ON THURSDAY a new low-pressure area
(LPA) entered the Philippine area of responsibility. If it intensifies in the
next few days it would be called “Egay”,...
Betraying the trust of our fisherfolk
(We
yield this space to the statement of concerned students, faculty and alumni of
the University of the Philippines Visayas – College Of Fisheries and Ocean
Sciences...
Slaves in our midst
TWO MONTHS ago, 33 women were rescued from
human traffickers in Boracay Island.
Because of their dire economic situation, many
young women are forced into working as...
School dropouts
AS REPORTED by this paper yesterday, even if
basic education is free, parents in Western Visayas are continuously
confronted with daily expenses for the fare of their...