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An Independent View

Stepping down?

I AM SAD to hear last week’s pronouncements from President Duterte about his possible resignation. Well in to this third year as President he...

Electric imbroglios

PANAY Electric Company (PECO) has received many complaints about meter reading errors in bills submitted to its customers. As a result, the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP)...

Tourism

BY NEIL HONEYMAN SEASONAL affective disorder (SAD) is depression associated with winter and is thought to be caused by a lack of light. Many people living in northern climes experience this....

K-12 revisited

AT A MALACAÑANG press briefing last week, Department of Education (DepEd) secretary Leonor Briones said her department will conduct a “thorough review” of its...

Charter change, 2

BY NEIL HONEYMAN WHEN there are those who wish to make changes to an established position, it is helpful if they would give reasons for...

Charter change

LAST Saturday’s Panay News reported that former Chief Justice Reynato Puno, chairman of the Consultative Committee tasked to review the 1987 Constitution, wants the...

Selling insurance

A REPORT published in Panay News last month described an apparent hard sell by a sales agent of an insurance company on a college...

Ombudsman

THE STATE of the Nation Address (SONA) is given annually by the President to Congress, traditionally on the fourth Monday of July. At the 2011...

Martial law victims’ compensation

IN 2013, President Aquino signed Republic Act 10368 into law. The purpose of this Act was to compensate martial law victims for the horrendous...

Trustworthiness

LAST month I read an account of Bancassurance as expressed by BPI (Bank of the Philippine Islands) – Philam Life Assurance Company’s President Surenda...