New drive to beat non-communicable diseases
THERE is now a new high-level commission, composed of heads of states and ministers, leaders in health and development and entrepreneurs.
The group will propose...
Reckless
EDITORIAL
Thursday, March 22, 2018
IN ITS Global Status Report on Road Safety three years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) said 53 percent of reported...
The last two hours of Sam Aguilar
BY HERBERT VEGO
Thursday, March 22, 2018
TO THE people who personally knew the late Sam Aguilar, 47, his assassination by ambuscade remains mysterious. The man...
Lost culture
BY ANGELICA LOUISE PFLEIDER
Thursday, March 22, 2018
ONE OF the most underrated Disney cartoons for me is “Atlantis: The Lost Empire.”
Sure, it doesn’t have a...
Duterte gov’t’s proclivity for short cuts backfires
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS
Thursday, March 22, 2018
PEOPLE have been saying this all along: the Duterte administration could not solve the illegal drug problem with the...
‘Endo’ in government
EDITORIAL
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
DO YOU know that the government has been the biggest practitioner of “endo” (end of contract or labor contractualization)? If the...
‘Too much heaven on their minds’
BY LUIS BUENAFLOR JR.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
All your followers are blind
Too much heaven on their minds
It was beautiful, but now it's sour
Yes it's all...
Problema sang diborsyado
NI WENCESLAO “MATT” E. MATEO JR.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
GABASKUG nga gabaskug ang pagtulod sang hagna nga nagapatuman sang kasuguan sa diborsyo (Absolute Divorce) sa...
A most laudable act
BY MANNY VILLAR
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
AS A BUSINESSMAN and environment advocate, I consider President Rodrigo Duterte’s initiative on Boracay as one of his most...
The Adventures of Peter Valentine, Part 2
BY PETER SOLIS NERY
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
FIRST published in Panay Balita under my column “Campeon sang Hiligaynon” as “Ang Mga Pagpasimpalad ni Peter Valentine”,...