A continuing challenge
IT IS NO mere coincidence that journalist Maria Ressa received the Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10, the 73rd International Human Rights Day, at...
Fast and furious
A PREGNANT woman and a tricycle driver died while three others were hospitalized in a vehicular accident on Dec. 8 in DueƱas, Iloilo. According...
Organized crime on a massive scale
FROM various operations in the whole month of November, drug enforcement teams of the Bacolod City Police Office confiscated a combined P3.21- million worth...
Scorched-earth tactics
(We yield this space to the statement of the Citizensā Alliance for Just Peace due to its timeliness. ā Ed.)
WITH harrowing reports of an...
Wasting less
THIS PAPER reported recently that there was ample buffer stock of rice in Western Visayas. This was according to the National Food Authority. In...
Safe playthings
THIS holiday season dampened by the coronavirus pandemic should make us all the more concerned about childrenās health and safety. Even minor injuries of...
Technology should not be abused
IN THE PAST few days, complaints mounted about thousands of text messages from random numbers offering nonexistent jobs to unsuspecting victims. Referred to as...
Mental health helpline is not enough
TO HELP students and teachers cope with stress due to the challenges of continuing education amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Educationās...
An essential measure
AMID the looming threat of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, isnāt it prudent to impose a ban on firecrackers as an essential measure to keep...
This cannot continue
(We yield this space to the statement of human rights alliance Karapatan due to its timeliness. ā Ed.)
AS WE commemorate the 158th birth anniversary...