10% charity beds: An order lost in the shadows
WE SEEM to have a curious habit in this country: we pass good rules… and then forget to implement them. Or maybe we implement...
Time to recalibrate disease control agencies
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. recently spoke about “recalibrating” the government by reshuffling some officials and removing others.
That’s a welcome move. A good manager...
HAZMAT time bomb on our roads
LET ME say this plainly: we are sitting on a ticking time bomb — and it’s riding down our roads in unmarked trucks, operated...
Why are faulty brakes killing us?
LET ME begin with a question we should all be asking, especially those in power: Why are so many Filipinos dying on our roads...
Who cares for the caregivers?
LET’S TALK about heroes. Not the kind who wear capes or swing from buildings, but the ones who wear scrubs and work 12-hour shifts...
Turning invasive weeds into green gold
THERE’S an old saying that goes, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” But in this case, it’s more accurate to say that one...
Let’s recycle using reverse vending machines
IT’S TIME we stop treating garbage as garbage — and start seeing it for what it really is: an opportunity.
I’m referring to the untapped...
Let us again become a net exporter of rice, as we have done that...
Let’s Listen to Our Scientists
The government must not operate in an echo chamber of bureaucrats. There are experts like Dr. Mendoza who have...
Let us again become a net exporter of rice, as we have done before,...
WE’VE earned a title no Filipino should be proud of: the world’s top rice importer in 2024.
That’s right — despite our rich agricultural...
From copra to VCO: Time to rethink our national coconut strategy
THE HUMBLE coconut — long dubbed the “tree of life” — is still at the center of our national livelihood and economy. Yet despite...