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Saturday, May 3, 2025

An Independent View

Education issues

LAST week saw the beginning of Scholastic Year 2018-2019. It also saw the staging of rallies from teachers who are seeking a salary increase...

Electricity woes, 2

IN 2008, Congress passed the Renewable Energy (RE) Act (Republic Act 9513) which was designed to encourage the use of RE sources such as...

Electricity woes

LAST week’s announcement that the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) is reducing its May electricity cost to P11.183 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) from April’s record...

‘Oeconomicae et pecuniariae quaestiones’

LAST WEEK, I wrote about the role of remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). This article outlined the importance of these remittances in poverty...

Remittances

An Independent View FOR MANY families, remittances from overseas are vital in avoiding poverty. Over the years, remittances have shown a study increase. It is...

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...

Better luck next time

LAST week’s announcement of the 2017 Bar Examination results produced the usual mixture of elation from the bar passers and sadness from those who...

Food for thought

I AM GLAD that in the midst of the quo warranto action against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, the Supreme Court (SC) has found...

Imbroglio

SEPARATION of powers was an important concept which significantly helped to determine the American Constitution in 1787. It specified the structure of governance as...

Life insurance

TO PROTECT families from the consequences of adverse events such as death or disability of income earners, the life insurance industry is rapidly developing. Overseas...