Land reform
THE MASSACRE of nine farmers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental has once again focused the public’s attention to the land reform program.
Land acquisition and...
Alternative learning
THIS PAPER reported two weeks ago about a 90-year-old Guimarasnon who set the record for being the oldest passer of the Alternative Learning System...
Combatting litterbugs
LET US observe ecological practices that help reduce waste and pollution in cemeteries this All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. This is a...
The cemetery is not a dumpsite
RECURRENT garbage woe blights cemeteries during the annual observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. Why don’t we opt for a waste-free...
Normalizing violence, sexism
(We yield this space to the statement of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition on the killings and attacks against women human rights...
Economic sabotage
SOME unscrupulous rice traders are hoarding rice to the detriment of our poor countrymen who must struggle to eat three square meals a day....
Ready for ‘Yutu’?
A WEATHER advisory from AccuWeather says super typhoon “Yutu” will continue to charge toward southeastern Asia this weekend. After battering the Mariana Islands in the western...
Boracay lessons
(We yield this space to the statement of Tourism secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat during yesterday’s reopening of Boracay island due to its significance. –...
Sagay massacre and the plight of peasant women
(We yield this space to the statement of the Center for Women’s Resources due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
THE CENTER for Women’s Resources (CWR),...
Impartial probe
THE OCT. 20 heinous massacre of nine hungry, landless sugar workers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental highlights the urgent need for an impartial probe.
The...