Western Visayas has a jobs problem
WESTERN Visayas has a jobs problem far more serious than the unemployment rate alone suggests. It is not simply that thousands cannot find work....
When the basics become unaffordable
INFLATION becomes frightening not when economists announce another percentage point, but when ordinary families begin asking which necessity they can afford to sacrifice. That...
Fix the gaps before disaster strikes
WESTERN Visayas has just been given something disasters rarely provide: a warning without the casualties.
PROJECT MedX, the region’s first full-scale, multi-sector disaster simulation, exposed...
Development must reach the last barangay
WESTERN Visayas may be the Philippines’ fastest-growing regional economy, but beyond its booming commercial centers are communities where prosperity remains frustratingly distant. That is...
WV fastest-growing regional economy — but growing for whom?
WESTERN Visayas is the fastest-growing regional economy in the Philippines. Its economy expanded by 6.4 percent to ₱683.44 billion, while family poverty incidence fell...
Stop passing the buck on brownouts
WHEN the lights go out, the explanations come on.
The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) controls manual load shedding. Generators produce the electricity....
A country surrounded by sea should not depend on imported salt
THERE is something fundamentally disconcerting about an archipelagic country surrounded by seawater having to depend heavily on other countries for salt. The Philippines possesses...
A few seconds are not worth a life
THE RECENT viral incident at a pedestrian crossing along Diversion Road in Mandurriao, Iloilo City should not be dismissed as another fleeting social-media controversy....
Development cannot bypass the people
THE COLLAPSE of the proposed AI Hyper Scale Data Center in Oton should not be celebrated as a victory against technology. Neither should it...
Make Western Visayas’ economic growth truly inclusive
WESTERN Visayas has earned something worth celebrating: it emerged as the fastest-growing regional economy in the Philippines in 2025, expanding by 6.4 percent to...