Cheaper medicines for universal healthcare
I DO NOT know what other writers have to say, but I think that cheaper medicines have a direct correlation to universal healthcare.
What I...
Cheaper rice for sale
ALTHOUGH it is still a long shot from the campaign promise of PBBM that he will make rice available at P20 per kilo, the...
Banning disposable ballpens and sign pens
IT IS IRONIC that despite being one of the smallest countries in the world, we are the biggest contributor of plastic wastes to the...
Database of prospective Olympians
TWO-TIME Paris Olympics gold medalist Carlos Yulo was discovered by Japanese coach Munehiro Kugimiya who took him to Japan and trained him in gymnastics.
What...
Drinking water from the floods
BY IKE SEÑERES
PERHAPS you have heard the quotation, “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink?”
According to Copilot, “the phrase originates from Samuel Taylor...
Limit unlimited service water
JUST AS it is hard to believe that very strong floods could be caused by a strong typhoon with heavy rainfall like Carina, you...
Flood control and land use planning
HOW IS the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) prepared?
Is it a national plan that is a combination of municipal, provincial plans?
If derived from...
Flood control master plan
IN SO MANY words, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan effectively said the government does not have a flood...
Mandatory representation of indigenous peoples
ACCORDING to the law, indigenous peoples (IPs) who reside in ancestral domains (ADs) deserve the right to be represented in local legislative councils at...
More affordable social housing
MY FORMER boss and mentor, former Vice President and former housing czar Jejomar "Jojo" C. Binay (JCB), once told me in a meeting that...