Holiday trash
THIS HOLIDAY season, amid the climate and garbage woes facing the nation, it is incumbent on all Filipinos to keep reusable, recyclable and compostable...
Safety first
TOXICS watch group EcoWaste Coalition, with support from an international nongovernment organization promoting safe chemicals policies and practices, recently published a report entitled “Harmful...
Long overdue waste mgt plan
IT WAS REPORTED recently that a few more municipalities in Iloilo province had their 10-year solid waste management plans approved. These plans lay down...
‘Pork’
DESPITE the Supreme Court ruling on the unconstitutionality of the Priority Development Assistance Fund, the pork barrel is alive. Legislators have been allowed to...
Product safety
CONSUMERS must be extra vigilant in buying seasonal items such as Christmas lights as some of these products have not undergone safety evaluation and...
‘Dirty’ entertainment
IT’S THE HOLIDAYS and in this part of the world it is, among others, a season for the unsafe and unhealthful practice of setting...
Token of renewed subservience?
(We yield this space to the statement of the progressive labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
THE RETURN of the...
Service and honor
THE POLICE’S reason for being is to serve the citizenry with the commitment of sacrifice and willingness to die in the service of God,...
Sustained effort to attain food sufficiency
THE PRICES of food, including rice, bread, meat, fish and poultry are all going up because of myriad problems, including low production, inefficient farm...