State visit to Japan
STATE visits should not be frowned upon. They are the strongest expression of friendly bilateral relations between two nations and characterized by official public...
An alarming increase in teenage pregnancies
A RECENT Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report showed an alarming increase in girls getting pregnant during their formative years. The data indicates that births...
Addressing the ‘silent’ pandemic
IN JANUARY this year, the Senate Committee on Basic Education chaired by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian conducted a hearing to tackle Senate Bill No. 379...
Caring for children with disabilities
FOR COUPLES blessed with children, there is nothing more gratifying than watching them grow up and become productive members of society with their own...
Social safety nets for OFWs
FILIPINO families reunited during the holidays. For many, it was the first opportunity to be with each other again since the pandemic started in...
A proper response to COVID-19 in the New Year
BY SONNY ANGARA
IN TERMS of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippines welcomed 2023 from a much better position than the year before.
In January 2022, the...
Systemic solutions
RECENT surveys by Pulse Asia and the Social Weather Stations found that a majority of Filipinos were ready to face the new year with...
Safeguarding Hope
ACCORDING to a recent Pulse Asia survey of 1,200 respondents, some 43 percent said they expected this year’s Christmas to be more prosperous than...
A post-pandemic Christmas reminder
NOTED pandemic monitor OCTA Research Group recently projected an overall decline in COVID-19 cases in the Philippines throughout the holidays, even with the easing...
Engaging with the world
RECENTLY, President Bongbong Marcos Jr. and his delegation left for Brussels, Belgium to attend the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit. The said summit marks the first...