Children as cannon fodder
(We yield this space to the statement of the Child Rights Network due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
THE ANNOUNCEMENT of outgoing International Criminal Court...
Organized crime on a massive scale
DESPITE the unceasing campaign of the Philippine National Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency against drug trafficking, the problem persists. It appears like even...
A step towards accountability
(We yield this space to the joint statement of eight are Philippine-based human rights organizations due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
Thousands of people who...
Kick the vice
IT WAS World No Tobacco Day recently (May 31) – an annual reminder that smoking is hazardous to health. In the Philippines, however, it...
Overlooked frontliners
IN THIS time of coronavirus pandemic, the presence of health workers in the barangays is crucial to ensure that people, including in remote, underserved...
Child labor
JUNE 12 was not just Philippine Independence Day. It was also the World Day Against Child Labor. In fact, the United Nations declared 2021...
We don’t need another disease outbreak
AS THE nation marks its 123rd anniversary of independence, we yearn for freedom from diseases, particularly COVID-19.
This paper recently ran a report on the...
Invest in our healthcare workforce
IN THIS time of pandemic, a conscious effort to invest in our healthcare workforce who provide for the services, especially at the primary level,...
Online exploitation
WHILE the House Committee on the Welfare of Children and the House Committee on Revision of Laws should be commended for approving the bill...
No smoking
NINE DAYS ago, May 31, it was World No Tobacco Day. We were reminded of Executive Order No. 26 that President Duterte signed some...