Sin tax and health
PREVIOUS sin taxes and other forms of policy interventions did little to practically nothing to diminish the smoking – and drinking – prevalence that...
‘Labanan ang pagbusal sa dila at kamalayan’
(We yield this space to the statement of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines due to its significance. – Ed.)
KAHANGALAN kung ituturing ang ipinataw...
Conservation, protection, sustainable mgt
DO YOU KNOW that May the Month of the Ocean? It aims to highlight the importance and significance of conservation, protection and sustainable management...
PESO
THIS JUNE 7 over 39,000 jobs would be made available in the job fair of the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of the Iloilo...
Institutionalizing poverty
(We yield this space to the statement of the Center for Women’s Resources due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
THE RECENT institutionalization of the Pantawid...
An avalanche of waste
THE LATEST attempt to dump into the Philippines mixed plastic waste, this time from Hong Kong, China, reinforces the call for the government to...
Slaves in our midst
PERHAPS due to the public’s fixation with the recent midterm elections they missed this news: 33 women victims of human trafficking were separately rescued...
Truth, transparency, accountability
BOTH houses of Congress failed to come up with a law on Freedom of Information these past three years of the Duterte administration. Why?
With...
Band-aid solution?
(We yield this space to the statement of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
TEACHERS, students and parents troop to...
Private armies
IN THE WEEKS leading to the recent midterm elections, the air was rife with talks about private armies or armed goons employed by some...