FOI and press freedom
IN THIS increasingly globalized world, press freedom is an integral part of nation building. Silencing the press is killing our right to speak freely...
Speak truth to power, keep power in check
RODRIGO R. Duterte’s presidency has altered and controlled the public discourse so radically in its favor in ways rude and bold. One tragic result:...
Proactive contingency measures
OVER 4,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Kuwait have returned to the country since the government imposed a labor deployment ban to the tiny...
Ending child labor
LABOR is honor, goes a popular saying. But not if it involves the exploitation of children.
Children have the right to a life free from...
Prior restraint
THE HOUSE leadership should seriously reconsider its new rules for media coverage. Some of its provisions are tantamount to prior restraint and control over...
A clean and green election
WHAT’S happening in Boracay should open people’s eyes to the importance of taking care of the island – a source of livelihood of thousands...
The potential to do good
(We yield this space to the message of detained Sen. Leila de Lima, a lawyer, to the passers of the 2017 Bar Exams due...
Let’s not forget our war veterans
THERE WAS nary a hoot when World War II veterans commemorated the Panay Liberation Day (also known as the Liberation of Panay, Romblon and...
Stewardship of the environment
WITH ALL the environmental challenges Boracay Island is facing, the importance of a pending measure in Congress must be highlighted – a bill seeking...
Barangays’ unsung heroes
N ALL cities, municipalities and provinces, barangay health workers have become a pervasive, effective and critical force multiplier of the city government, Department of...