Waiting for another disaster?
SEVEN months since the President made the proposal to create a "Department of Disaster Management", we have yet to hear what steps our legislators...
Juvenile care services
OFTEN, there’s a wide gap between legislation and implementation.
In the context of children in conflict with the law, this means the Department of Social...
Respected, wanted, well-paid OFWs
THERE’S an emerging government policy shift on the deployment of Filipino workers to the Middle East. Recent statements of Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)...
A good proposal
HERE’S one good news to barangay officials. A measure has been proposed – House Bill 6033 – providing for both fixed salaries and benefits...
State neglect
WILL criminalizing children address the increasing crime rate in the country? Certainly not.
Even government data shows that only two percent of the crimes are...
Shrinking democratic space?
(We yield this space to the statement of independent think-tank IBON International due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
VARIOUS organizations express serious concern on the...
National ban on single-use plastics
GARBAGE generated by the recent Dinagyang Festival calls attention to the "plastic crisis" and the growing call for a national ban on single-use plastics.
There...
Deplorable
(We yield this space to the statement of the human rights alliance Karapatan due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
THE BOMBING at the Cathedral of...
Missing the point
THE INVOLVEMENT of children in criminal and antisocial activities is truly an issue of grave concern that should and will involve all stakeholders in...
Back to Herod’s time
(We yield this space to the statement of the Center for Women’s Resources due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
BACK to Herod’s time. This is...