Overhaul laws on public utilities
CONSISTENT with the list of legislative priorities in the administration’s 2017-2022 medium-term plan, the 18th Congress should expedite the passage of laws overhauling the...
Curious call
WHAT BUSINESS do business groups have with government’s internal processes such as the setting of public school teachers’ salaries?
Six business groups called for “moderate...
Let us protect WV’s forests
THIS PAPER reported yesterday that four municipalities in Western Visayas secured approval for their forest land use plans (FLUPs) from the Department of Environment...
Speed limit
WHAT HAPPENED to the Speed Limiter Act that Iloilo City’s Cong. Jerry Treñas, now mayor-elect, authored? Is the Department of Transportation enforcing it? The...
Birth of a hero
TODAY, our national hero Dr. Jose Rizal would have been 158 years old. Yes, while we all remember his martyrdom every Dec. 30, why...
‘Ghost claims’
(We yield this space to the statement of Migrante International, an organization of migrant workers, due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
THE RECENT PhilHealth scandal...
China’s bullying tactic
HOW SHOULD we view the Chinese vessel’s sinking of a Filipino boat, endangering the lives of 22 Filipino fishermen who were left clinging on...
Valuing teachers
RAISING teachers’ salaries is as equally important as increasing the pay of the military and police because doing such is an effort to address...
Ready for an extended El Niño?
THE El Niño phenomenon which started in October last year may persist until the end of 2019, according to the state-owned Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical...
School garbage
THE RESUMPTION of classes provides a very good opportunity to renew interest and support for school-oriented ecological solid waste management (ESWM) principles and practices.
Yes,...