New DICT Leadership
RECENTLY, my
former colleague Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan was sworn in as the new
Secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology
(DICT). He will take...
A foremost health issue
THE SENATE resumed session no less than a week after the polls
closed for the May 13, 2019 midterm elections. For our part, we had...
Stopping brain drain
AT A RECENT speech in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan, President Duterte said that many of the government’s “Build, Build, Build” projects were delayed...
Preventing measles outbreaks
RECENTLY, the Department of Health (DOH) declared measles outbreaks in various regions of the country, namely Metro Manila (NCR), Central Luzon (III), CALABARZON (IVA),...
Building a ‘blue economy’
THE BUREAU of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) held in January the country’s first National Galunggong Summit. This was in the wake of last...
Preparing for Filipinos’ twilight years
DURING a recent Senate hearing, Commission on Population and Development (CPD) Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez said that anytime between 2030 and 2035, the...
‘Storytelling’ as tourism strategy
DURING Senate deliberations on theP3.37-billion budget of the Department of Tourism for 2019, Sen. Richard Gordon raised the idea that aside from master plans...
VAT-free medicines
JUST BEFORE 2018 ended, the Department of Finance (DOF), the Department of Health (DOH), the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Food and...
Philippine football’s second wind
EARLIER this week, the Philippine Azkals played a very close match against South Korea at the ongoing Asian Cup 2019 in Dubai. Many sports...
Demography is not destiny
RECENTLY, London-based research firm Capital Economics said they expect the Philippines to become the world’s 18th largest economy by 2037—up from 25th in terms...