Carte blanche to kill?
EDITORIAL
January 31, 2018
WHAT DO we make of President Duterte’s pronouncement that he will now go after progressive and “left-leaning” organizations?
The alarmed human rights alliance...
A more calibrated campaign
EDITORIAL
January 30, 2018
SO, the Philippine National Police is again taking a more active role in President Duterte’s war on drugs and has relaunched its “Oplan...
Self-serving
EDITORIAL
January 29, 2018
WE PRAY that the consultative commission created by President Rodrigo Duterte to study possible changes to the 1987 Constitution would not produce...
Unsweetened lifestyle
EDITORIAL
January 27, 2018
THE EXCISE tax on sweetened beverages is not all that bad. How?
Come to think of this: Our country has widespread illnesses linked...
We can do more
EDITORIAL
January 26, 2018
THE Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) Act or Republic Act (RA) 9003 marks its 17th anniversary today. It was in Jan. 26,...
Too precious to be wasted
EDITORIAL
January 22, 2018
TO ENSURE that the funds allocated for the government’s free college tuition program won’t be wasted on malingerers and recidivist absentees or...
Unceasing patience
EDITORIAL
January 21, 2018
WE PIN our hopes on the reported possible phone conversation – yes, even just a phone call – between President Duterte and...
We are only caretakers
EDITORIAL
January 20, 2018
ACCORDING to the Department of Agriculture, about 45 percent of arable land in the Philippines has been moderately to severely eroded, which...
Wakeup call
EDITORIAL
January 19, 2018
(We yield this space to the statement of Kabataan party-lust due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
THE REVOCATION of Rappler’s certificate of incorporation...
Chilling effect
EDITORIAL
January 18, 2018
MEDIA organizations view the government move against online news site Rappler as an attack against press freedom. In this case, the administration...