Managing waste
VERY FEW local government units have effectively and efficiently complied with the Solid Waste Management Act. But the fact that there are compliant local...
A recurring problem
SOME two hours of continuous rain on Monday resulted to flashfloods in parts of Iloilo City. The problem has long been there. And the...
Goal: long-term stability and prosperity
“I MAKE this solemn commitment that this administration will never deny our Muslim brothers and sisters the basic legal tools to chart their own...
Addiction happening openly and everywhere
A FEW DAYS ago a Facebook video of young girls sniffing “solvent” at the public plaza of Bacolod City went viral. Plaza guards are...
Our seafarers need protection
TODAY the nation is marking the 23rd National Seafarers Day. According to our columnist Atty. Dennis Gorecho in his piece which came out yesterday...
The agri puzzle
WE ARE basically an agricultural country but we import rice and other agri products such as onions, for example. It’s really puzzling.
Philippine agriculture is...
Making our seas sustainable
IT IS HOPED that today’s meeting of governors of the provinces sharing the bounties of the Visayan Sea would be able to come up...
Save our seas
TOMORROW, governors of Visayan Sea provinces (Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Cebu, Masbate, and Capiz) are convening once again to discuss how to protect,...
Structurally sound
AN INFRASTRUCTURE-oriented think-tank has called on housing agencies to suspend all socialized housing projects in geohazard areas to prevent landslide incidents similar to what...
Still smoking?
OVER a year ago, President Duterte signed an executive order banning smoking in public places nationwide. The signing of Executive Order 26 was made...