Are gov’t commissions effective?

BY NEIL HONEYMAN Tuesday, November 28, 2017 ON NOV. 16, 2017, Energy secretary Alfonso Cusi wrote to Justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II. Cusi is seeking to...

Justice delayed is injustice

BY OSCAR CRUZ Tuesday, November 28, 2017 CONSIDERING that not a few knowledgeable people consider that the Philippines has the distinction of having the slowest court...

Children’s safety first

NOVEMBER is National Children’s Month by virtue of Republic Act 10661. It commemorates the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child...

Get up, stand up!

BY LUIS BUENAFLOR INSERT  DATE HERE!  “Get up, stand up! (Get up, stand up!) Don't give up the fight! (Life is your right!) Get up, stand up! (So...

Memo

BY AYIN DREAM D. APLASCA A FEW DAYS ago (even until now), a lot of aspiring lawyers feel a little bit disconcerted after Assistant Secretary...

Love in the time of Bacunaua

BY PETER SOLIS NERY XXIII. SINGING CONTEST   Many are called, but few have talent. * A small band introduced the female emcee as Matt, in white attire, lined...

Fighting for financial inclusion

BY IKE SEÑERES FINANCIAL inclusion is a goal that is stated in many government documents, including the corporate charters of several government financial institutions. Simply put,...

Improving the country’s internet connectivity

BY JULIO P. YAP JR. THE COUNTRY’S “slow” internet connection may soon be a thing of the past – at least that’s what the Department...

Some have everything, some have nothing at all

BY OSCAR CRUZ THERE IS a well-known saying that as everyone is born having nothing in his hands, so it is that everybody dies without...

Return to the peace table

Sunday, November 26, 2017 JUST PEACE is an overarching concern for millions of Filipinos. This was the basis for the popular support the peace negotiations...