Protecting kids from online predators
WITH the ongoing community quarantines across the country, children have been locked up in their homes for long periods of time, thus making online...
More support needed for blended learning
A RECENT study of the Department of Science and Technology - National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) showed that teachers were spending their...
Protect children from rape
(We yield this space to the statement of the Child Rights Network due to its timeliness. ā Ed.)
STATUTORY rape is a crime that involves...
Pandemic of disinformation
ACCORDING to the 2021 Digital News Report, a yearly global study on news consumption conducted by the Reuters Institute, 89 percent or nine in...
Not just a whiff
āONE WHIFF of corruption and youāre out.ā Five years ago, then President-elect Rodrigo Duterte vowed to stamp out corruption in government.
Fast forward to today,...
Taxpayers have the right to know
(We yield this space to the statement of the Ecumenical Bishops Forum due to its timeliness. ā Ed.)
INSTEAD of reproaching the independent state auditing body...
Fake news a threat to public health
THE WORLD is fighting not just the COVID-19 pandemic but also āinfodemicā. Fake news is spreading faster than the coronavirus.
Based on the definition of...
COAās constitutional duty
(We yield this space to the statement of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines on the constitutional duty of the Commission on Audit due...
Children and COVID-19
AMID threats of the Delta variant spread, the increasing number of reported cases of children and adolescents infected with COVID-19 is alarming. The government,...
People deserve better
(We yield this space to the statement of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines due to its timeliness. ā Ed.)
THE National Council...