In support of career executive service officers
IN MANY of the countries around us, the government is run by career undersecretaries who work under the Ministers who are members of the...
Believing, hoping and sharing
AS I SEE IT, faith, hope and charity are the three virtues that we actually need in order to build this nation on one...
Cybersecurity at the barangay level
A KEY focus of my advocacy is to deliver accessible and cost-effective Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions to support Local Government Units (LGUs),...
Helping indigenous cultural minorities
THE LAW requires municipalities, cities and provinces to appoint representatives of Indigenous Cultural Minorities (ICMs) to the municipal, city and provincial councils if there...
Cheaper and safer food from cooperatives
IT IS VERY difficult to expect commercial sources of food supplies to lower their prices, because they must cover their costs and make money...
Let’s require hunger mapping
TAX MAPPING using Geographic Information System (GIS) software is no longer rocket science, because anyone can do it now, and there are Free and...
National energy independence
THE NETHERLANDS and Bhutan are two countries that do not have oil deposits, and yet they are net exporters of energy. The Netherlands tap...
Who is in charge of waste-to-energy projects?
WHO IS in charge of waste-to-energy projects?
Should it be the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), or should it be the Department of...
Fully free public hospitals
WE ALL have our own beliefs, and we are all entitled to our own beliefs.
As for me, I believe that all public hospitals should...
Recycling for carbon credits
OUR WASTE recycling attempts have failed because there are not enough financial incentives for residential and industrial recyclers. It’s as simple as “no money...