It’s not just the money

BY NEIL HONEYMAN January 16, 2018 PRESIDENT Duterte’s recent loose talk about doubling teachers’ salaries was clearly not appreciated by the profession’s representatives. It raised hopes...

The Peter Solis Nery Show, Part 2

BY PETER SOLIS NERY January 16, 2018 (This is the second part of a series that started on January 13. Love in the Time of the...

War’s uncomfortable women

EDITORIAL January 15, 2018 A BRONZE statue that commemorates World War II Filipino “comfort women” (read: sex slaves) recently unveiled in Metro Manila is stirring debate....

Still one of the best beaches in the world but…

BY LUIS BUENAFLOR JR. January 15, 2018 THERE’S a saying among seasoned travellers that one has never been truly to the Philippines unless one has been...

Laborers and capitalists

BY IKE SEÑERES January 15, 2018 I HAVE always thought that drivers who are working under the “boundary” system are more of businessmen rather than employees,...

Love in the time of Bacunaua

BY PETER SOLIS NERY January 15, 2018 XLII. OFFER He came home feeling like a complete failure, with a sense of surrender. And now, Lady Luck seemed...

Time to develop next generation of farmers

BY JULIO P. YAP JR. January 15, 2018 A TRAINING facility was established in the hinterland of Calatrava in Negros Occidental which aims to train the...

Mamamayang Pilipino sasagasaan ng TRAIN

January 15, 2018 MARIING kinukondena ng College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) ang pagsasabatas ng kontra-mamamayan at pahirap na Republic Act (RA) 10963 o...

How safe are our malls?

EDITORIAL January 14, 2018 CALLS for fire safety audit of malls nationwide are growing loud, no doubt prompted by the fatal fire that struck a mall...

Let natural medicine bloom

BY HERBERT VEGO January 14, 2018 THE big drug companies would stop at nothing to maximize their profit to the point of discrediting natural and herbal...