Pigging out on pork
(Due to its significance, we yield this space to this “statement of concern” on the pork barrel from a group of academics such as...
Gun control
WE DO NOT have the active shooter problem that happens often in schools in the United States where students are now rising up in...
Double disaster
SURVIVORS of super typhoon “Yolanda” in various parts of central Philippines recently aired grievances, saying, among others, that the housing units provided them were...
Keep beaches trash-free
DURING the summer vacation many local and foreign tourists flock the beaches, and we’re not talking about Boracay Island alone but many other summer...
Earth-friendly Lent
THAT Earth Day this year (March 24) fell just a day before the start of Holy Week (March 25, Palm Sunday) was a good...
Another chance for peace
THE RESOLUTION of at least 60 legislators in the House of Representatives calling for the resumption of the peace talks between the government and...
Consumers’ rights
A WEEK before last Saturday’s Earth Day was an international observance not given much attention in our country – World Consumer Rights Day on...
Ill-gotten wealth
MOVES to rehabilitate the Marcoses took another giant leap forward with the approval on second reading House Bill 7376. Under the guise of “strengthening”...
Going beyond Earth Hour
DID YOU join last night’s Earth Hour? We hope you did. The annual activity is a reminder to all of us to help protect...
Earth Hour
LET US JOIN Earth Hour today. Together let us switch off the lights for one hour – from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. –...