Rethinking the local development councils
ACCORDING to the law, there are supposed to be Local Development Councils (LDCs) at the barangay, municipal, city, provincial and regional levels.
According to that...
Why we are the salt and light of the earth
WHY? Because, first of all, Christ told us so. “You are the salt of the earth…You are the light of the world,” he clearly...
Why did China de-escalate?
IT’S OLD news by now, but it’s still worth discussing why the People’s Republic of China (PRC) agreed to increase “communications” with the Philippine...
Developing a pro-citizen app
IT HAS BEEN many years since I left the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) as a Foreign Service Officer (FSO), but up to now,...
The politics of waste management
IT HAS been many years since the advocacy for the environment was started. Many of my friends in the movement have already died, and...
Bread of life? Incredible!
WE CANNOT deny that we too can somehow share the disbelief of the Jews when Christ declared himself as the “Bread of Life.” We...
Jeepneys looking like minibuses
OVER THE years, we have already learned that what walks like a duck and talks like a duck is not necessarily a duck.
As a...
Dapat ma-amendar na ang Omnibus Election Code
SINING ulihi lang nag-sumite ang Comelec sa Kongreso sang isa ka 963-page draft nga naga-proponer sang pag-“overhaul” sang 39-year-old nga Batas Pambansa Blg. 881,...
Alternatives to ancestral domain titles
THERE appears to be many indigenous tribes that do not have their own Certificates of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) yet, for one reason or...
Suspects in the ICC investigation
LAST WEEK former senator Antonio Trillanes presented a document purportedly issued by the office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court that names...