Let us do away with casuals now

IN OUR column of April 24, 2018 titled “Regular work for everyone”, we proposed to set up new service cooperatives and do away with the so-called “endo” or hiring of casual labor. Now, we...

Go out and vote

THE BARANGAY election is just as important as the local or national election. Perhaps even more. On the shoulders of the barangays, as the...

Comfortably numb, rewind

Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me is there anyone at home? Come on now I hear you're feeling down Well I can ease...

Technology for society

(Ninth of a series) IN THE computing world, there is a general consensus that content is king, and in the end, everything will just be...

Sin-o si nanay mo?

SIN-O si nanay mo? Sa pagka-ordinaryo nga pamangkot apang sa masami may nakaaangot nga pamangkot pa. Kon nadula ang bata, sin-o ang nanay mo? Kon...

What I do when I’m crazy

AFTER MY husband died, I actually began to think about my real retirement. My eventual old age. (I’m thinking 60.) I want to spend some time...

Introduction of stress-resistant rice varieties

FOLLOWING the development of several stress resistant rice varieties, farmers will no longer have to worry about having alow yield caused by water-related stress. This...

3 branches of gov’t on trial

(We yield this space to the statement of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan due to its timeliness. – Ed.) ANOTHER nail was driven in the coffin of...

A fait accompli

SO AMONG the biggest news this week are the missiles and various other military assets that the Chinese have brought to one of the...

‘Rice sufficiency and food security’

(Continued from yesterday) IT IS already a known fact that China is building a second giant dam ostensibly for purposes of power generation, but we...