Unseen heroes
PERHAPS it is no coincidence that classes are resuming just some two weeks after we celebrated Mother’s Day. Mothers, as family caretakers, are confronted...
Eco-friendly Brigada Eskwela
TODAY the annual Brigada Eskwela (the cleanup, repair and renovation activities in schools prior to the resumption of classes) kicks off. Instead of “thank...
Extended El Niño
THE COMING rice planting months may have much less water than usual. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), El...
Outrageous spending
WE HEARD that a candidate for governor in the recent midterm elections had a budget of over a billion pesos. Imagine how big those...
More questions than answers
(We yield this space to the statement of election watchdog BaBaE! Network due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
WE question the integrity of the 2019...
‘Bobotante’
TODAY, May 13, election day, the most powerful persons in the country are the voters. But they could also be the most dumb.
Here’s the...
Election transparency is a must
(We yield this space to the statement of the Babae, Bantayan ang Eleksyon! Network due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
WE EXPRESS alarm over the...
Make peace a priority agenda
THOUGH with just a few days remaining before the May 13 midterm polls, it is never too late to remind candidates to make peace...
We’re not the world’s garbage collectors
JUST THIS Monday, May 6, President Duterte issued a verbal directive against waste importation amid the country’s long-running garbage feud with Canada.
“The President is...
For working mothers
EVERYBODY’S busy for the May 13 midterm elections that one important development of national consequence was barely noticed – the finalization of the implementing...