Hear the deaf
YESTERDAY was International Day of Sign Languages. It was set by the United Nations General Assembly to raise awareness of the issues deaf people...
The ‘right to peace’
DID YOU KNOW that Sept. 21 was not only the anniversary of the declaration of martial law?
It was also the International Day of Peace...
Never again
(We yield this space to the statement of the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law due to its timeliness. -...
Remember how we were betrayed
A DICTATOR buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani is one among the many reasons why we will always remember how we were betrayed...
Responsible mining
TOO BAD it took a landslide tragedy at a mining site in Benguet for the government to start seriously considering cracking down on irresponsible...
Do LGUs know how to read geohazard maps?
THE Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Region 6 has come up with maps identifying areas vulnerable to geologic hazards such as floods and landslides,...
Lame
FORMER President Aquino was tagged as “Boy Sisi” when he played the blame game against previous administrations, particularly the Arroyo government. Is the current...
Another chance
WHEN the government unilaterally terminated the peace talks in November 2017, there were already significant advancements in the negotiations.
These advancements were in the form...
Before landfall
MOST natural hazards turn into catastrophes because of lack of preparedness.
Western Visayas is far from the path of powerful typhoon “Ompong” but local government...
Lessons from ‘Yolanda’
THE THREAT posed by typhoon “Ompong” reminds us of the lessons from super typhoon “Yolanda.”
The rehabilitation process has been agonizingly slow. A concrete example...