All-out vs dengue
LAST week’s Iloilo-wide “Limpyo Dalanon” in 43 towns and the component city of Passi was deemed successful due to the huge number of participants...
Empowering barangays
THE BARANGAY election is drawing near. That we conduct it with regularity emphasizes the important role of barangays in nation-building. This must not be...
Affordable nutrition
JULY is Nutrition Month. Presidential Decree 491 in 1974 made it as such for the purpose of creating greater awareness among our people on...
Prepare and prevent
A MAGNITUDE 4.4 earthquake of tectonic origin woke residents of Antique around 4:32 a.m. on June 27. The earthquake’s epicenter was in Anini-y town...
Extra vigilance
REGION 6 has an active volcano, the Kanlaon in Negros Island, thus we can certainly learn something from how local governments in the Bicol...
Unaddressed concerns
WHAT quality education can we expect in overpopulated, poorly-ventilated classrooms where students are wanting of books and teachers are overwhelmed with non-teaching duties while...
Justice for torture victims
(Due to its timeliness, we yield this space to the statement of human rights alliance on the occasion of the International Day in Support...
Protect and conserve
FISH used to be among the cheapest sources of protein for Filipinos but now, some fish products are even more expensive than pork or...
Our coastguard
THE SEARCH and rescue operation for the missing submersible Titan in the Atlantic Ocean gripped the world. Led by the US Coastguard, responders from...
Ecological management of discards
FLASHFLOODS are a perennial problem in Iloilo City. Certain streets turn into instant swimming pools when it rains.
Flooding can be traced to clogged sewers....