Goal: Zero waste celebration
WE ARE truly a “fiesta island.” Across the length and breadth of the Philippine archipelago, countless festivals are celebrated often in honor of a...
Focus on underlying issues
WILL LOWERING the age of criminal responsibility solve crimes, most especially those involving juveniles?
Doesn’t lowering the age limit of criminal liability reflect how our...
Misguided
INVOLVING children in criminal or illicit activities is one of the worst forms of child labor. Our present laws clearly point to the children’s...
Punitive instead of corrective
THE APPROVAL of the house committee on justice of the lowering of the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) to nine years old is...
Short-sighted approach to solving criminality
(We yield this space to the joint statement of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Panay and Panay Alliance Karapatan due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
THE...
Milestone legislation
HERE’S ONE good news. Congress will soon transmit for the signature of President Duterte the reconciled Senate and House versions of a bill on...
‘To protect the children, punish the children’
THE HOUSE Committee on Justice announced on Thursday it was set to finalize the bill seeking to lower the age of criminal responsibility from...
Destructive throwaway culture
LAST MONTH was a season of shopping sprees. Plastic bags became ubiquitous once again. And so we ask, “How’s the Iloilo City government’s implementation...
Not a dumping ground for world’s trash
IS THE PHILIPPINES the world’s dumpsite?
In light of the Canadian and Korean garbage dumping incidents, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) should...
Painful
SENATE President Tito Sotto said a one-month delay in the release of government employees’ salary hike will “not be too painful.”
Speak for yourself, Mr....