Young and exploited
TO AMPLIFY government efforts to protect
the rights of children, President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the creation of
the National Council Against Child Labor...
Greening Iloilo
TODAY, some 10,000 tree seedlings
would be planted in three barangays of Passi City in Iloilo province. The
seedlings include narra, jackfruit, cacao, kamagong,...
An unwelcome comeback
POLIO
– crippling, potentially fatal and one of the most feared childhood diseases –
makes an unwelcomed comeback in the country. The State has...
Department of OFW
IT IS FERVENTLY
hoped and prayed that there would be enough momentum now for the proposed
Department of Overseas Filipino Workers. House Bill 4814...
Susceptible to abuse and exploitation
THIS PAPER
reported recently that the female Syrian employer of slain Ilongga overseas
Filipino worker (OFW) Joanna Demafelis in Kuwait had been convicted for...
If you don’t believe this, stop breathing
THE AIR QUALITY in Iloilo city and
province remains good, based on the latest air quality monitoring of the Environmental
Management Bureau. Their total...
Everybody must do their share
THE CURRENT generation of young
people, 30 years and younger, has no memory, nay experience, of what their
elders experienced during those horrible years...
The future of our seas relies on us
THE MAYOR of Carles, Iloilo, Siegfredo
Betita, has expressed his local government unit’s helplessness in the fight
against illegal fishing and has appealed for...
A perennial problem in colleges
WE LEARNED of another hazing-related
death. The victim was a Philippine Military Academy cadet who died inside his
barracks at Fort Del Pilar in...
Stronger support for agriculture
A COUNTRY with a hungry and
malnourished citizenry can never attain progress. True. But there is a big
irony in our midst. Our farmers,...
