EDITORIAL
REX MAESTRECAMPO
THE Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been very vocal about her position on mining, irresponsible mining, that...
EDITORIAL
More funds for LGUs
THE police alone can’t curb criminality. One way of strengthening the government’s peace and order campaign is to empower local government...
EDITORIAL
Momentum vs criminality, drugs
CRIMINALITY, particularly drug-related offenses, may be on the way to being greatly minimized. In this aspect of peace and order, the...
EDITORIAL
Technology and responsibility
POSSESSION of the most modern technology comes with tremendous responsibility because it could be abused. A mechanism must be put in place...
EDITORIAL
The ‘greenest’ senator
THE LATE senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago was known for her brilliant intellect, quick wit, sense of humor and acerbic tongue. But do you...
EDITORIAL
The President’s first 100 days
THE TRADITION of marking the first 100 days of a presidency was pioneered by US President Franklin Roosevelt during the...
EDITORIAL
Plant trees
TOMORROW, the Iloilo provincial government will hold its 17th Pyesta sang Kakahuyan tree-planting activity on an 8-hectare forest reserve in Barangay Sta. Rita, Maasin...
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Hospital budget cuts
THE PROPOSED major defunding of government hospitals starting next year is upsetting. Twenty-six national hospitals and dozens of local government-run medical facilities...
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Teachers are invaluable
IN 1994, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization declared the fifth day of October as World Teacher’s Day in recognition...
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Miriam’s challenge
FORMER senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago had a great sense of humor. But she was more than her so-called hugot lines or pickup lines; to...