Luring more holidaymakers
ACCORDING to popular travel website TripAdvisor, Boracay’s White Beach and Puka Shell Beach are among the 25 best beaches in Asia (No. 2 and...
In words and in deeds
OUR NATION is badly in need of local leaders who will bravely take up the cudgels for Mother Earth and all creations amid the...
Our household heroes
WE REPORTED yesterday that the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board has approved a P500 salary increase for domestic workers or “kasambahays” in Western...
Boracay rehab pays off
BORACAY’S White Beach and Yapak Beach (or Puka Shell Beach) are among the 25 best beaches in Asia, according to the popular travel website...
‘Green acts’
WE SHOULD do “green acts” on a daily basis for truly, we all must live a sustainable and Earth-friendly lifestyle not just on Earth...
Do more than just switch off lights
EVERY Earth Hour Filipinos switch off non-essential lights between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. This year, we did it again on Saturday. This international...
Abusing the party-list system
THE SPIRIT and logic of the party-list system is sound although it is also very limited. However narrow, by allotting seats in Congress for...
Plastic pollution is real
EARLY this month a dead whale that washed up in Mindanao was discovered to have 40 kilograms of plastic bags inside its stomach. In...
Clean and green campaign
TODAY starts the campaign period for local elective posts for the May 13 midterm elections. A waste and pollution watch group is challenging candidates...
Negligent drivers, road maniacs
EARLY this week a bus fell into a ravine in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental. Four passengers died and eight others were injured. According...