Young and exploited
ACCORDING to the United Nations, around 168 million children remain trapped in child labor around the world and many of them live in areas...
Farce
LAST WEEK, the government released a statement alluding to a so-called “victory” after the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted its human rights report card....
To serve and protect
LAST week, 521 policemen across Western Visayas were promoted to the next higher rank. Of these cops, 24 were police commissioned officers and 497...
Segregation
Monday. September 25, 2017
REGIONAL Director Jim Sampulna of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) challenged the city government of Iloilo to be...
Getting numb
“THE PEOPLE’S sense of shock has been anaesthetized by the escalation of the killings and disappearances despite the size of the space given to...
Feeble authority
Friday. September 22, 2017
THE HOUSE Representatives has agreed to restore the budget of the Commission on Human Rights (the proposed P649.484 million for 2018)....
Strongman rule
CHECK the internet and you’ll read comments from the clueless extolling the martial law years as the “golden years” and dictator Ferdinand Marcos the...
Barangay election
Wednesday. September 20, 2017
IN THE absence of a law postponing yet again this October’s barangay election, the preparations of the Commission on Elections are...
Violence in the name of fraternal brotherhood
Tuesday. September 19, 2017
ON AUGUST 2015 the Supreme Court affirmed its first ever conviction under Republic Act 8049 or the Anti-Hazing Law, for the...
Collective action
Monday. September 18, 2017
WE KNOW how hard it is to convince people to protect the environment. People only act when there is threat and...