EDITORIAL
Miriam’s challenge
FORMER senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago had a great sense of humor. But she was more than her so-called hugot lines or pickup lines; to...
EDITORIAL
The right to safe water
THE MANAGEMENT of the Iloilo District Jail in Barangay Nanga, Pototan, Iloilo recognizes the inmates’ right to clean water. This...
EDITORIAL
The Philippine Führer?
FOR implying that he is willing to go to extreme lengths for the war against illegal drugs, not unlike the harrowing genocide...
EDITORIAL
REX MAESTRECAMPO
IS THE so-called “win-win solution” proposed by trade and business leaders to supposedly end the “endo” scheme (labor contractualization) really what it is?
The...
EDITORIAL
Rex Maestrecampo
PEOPLE across the country yesterday joined a coordinated emergency drill in preparation for a feared 7.2 magnitude earthquake. To prevent natural hazards such...
EDITORIAL
Rex Maestrecampo
THE GOVERNMENT is so focused on the campaign against illegal drugs – specifically shabu, marijuana and ecstasy pills – that it has unwittingly...
EDITORIAL
FLOODING in Iloilo City is a perennial problem, so the flashflood late Monday until yesterday was not surprising. But it was made worse by...
EDITORIAL
IN RECENT years, the Department of Agriculture has been introducing high-yielding varieties and better farming techniques to achieve rice self-sufficiency in the country. Recently,...
EDITORIAL
A welcome postponement
“DO YOU know the reason why I also agreed with some congressmen to postpone the barangay elections? Do you know why? Because...
EDITORIAL
Corrupting the environment
CORRUPTION makes environmental destruction possible. The higher the level of corruption in a country, the greater the destruction of the environment; likewise,...