Local victories in the war against poverty
POVERTY is a complex issue, and gathering reliable data to measure and address it remains a challenge.
Nationwide poverty data is best collected through...
Fact-finding lang ang obligasyon sang Blue Ribbon Committee, indi mag-akto bilang korte
SO FAR, sunu sa media report sang The Inquirer, September 18, 2025, nga issue, ang Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH0 sa idalom...
Unity amid our differences, diversity, conflicts
āWHOEVER is not against us is for us.ā (Mk 9, 40) Words of Christ in response to his disciples who said, āTeacher, we saw...
Unspoken conspiracy between lawmakers and district engineers
WHAT IS becoming apparent in recent days is that local governments are generally left in the dark in the allocation of funds and implementation...
Letās enter into the wisdom of the cross
THE GOSPEL reading of the Mass on Tuesday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time (Mk 9, 30-37) reminds us that true wisdom, given...
Monitoring and controlling microplastics
SEVERAL government agencies in the Philippines are involved in monitoring and controlling the problem of microplastics. While each agency fulfills its respective mandate, there...
What about the West Philippine Sea?
INDEED, what about it? The country is already drowning in problems: questionable insertions in the national budget that lead to ghost and substandard projects,...
āClean the houseā: We need accountability, not just a new speaker
LAST Wednesday, Speaker Martin Romualdez resigned amid allegations of ghost projects and flood control scams. He gave up the gavelābut not power. He remains...
Christ gives his mother to be our mother too
IN THE GOSPEL reading of the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, (Jn 19, 25-34) we see how Christ entrusts...
Towards an official definition of the homeless rate
HOW CAN we compute the homeless rate if we don't even have an official definition of what it means to be homeless? This fundamental...