Healthy food choices in school
DEPARTMENT of Education’s (DepEd) Department Order 13, Series of 2017 sets the “Policy and Guidelines on Healthy Food and Beverage Choices in Schools and...
Good barangay governance
THE Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has a program called Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG), a mechanism which tracks the performance...
It starts in the barangay
BARANGAY officials elected on May 14 officially assumed office yesterday, June 30. The barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines but that...
Elder abuse
SENIOR citizens often make headlines in crime news as victims of robbers, swindlers, extortionists, and rapists. There are also reports of prolonged inhuman treatment...
Long-term goals for Boracay
WILL there be a “soft opening” for Boracay Island this September? If conditions are met, according to Assistant Secretary Epimaco Densing of the Department...
Senior high dilemma
HERE’S one real problem facing senior high school graduates: credentials inflation. And it is one of the reasons why thousands of Filipinos are unemployed....
Gender gap
THE PHILIPPINES slips to the 10th rank in the latest Global Gender Gap Index by the World Economic Forum (WEF). It remains the most...
Crossing the poverty line
FREEDOM from poverty ought to be top priority of all our agendas, not just government. Poverty line is the minimum threshold government computes for...
Eradicating the stigma
SUICIDES, depression, missing persons, and inadequate outpatient/home care of people in mental distress are what the new Philippine Mental Health Law seeks to address....
New chapter in mental healthcare
THE ENACTMENT of the Mental Health Law is most welcome. It will ensure affordable and accessible mental health services to Filipinos with mental disabilities.
This...