Tubungan shows the way — will the rest of Iloilo follow?
IN ILOILO Province’s long and difficult march toward higher sanitation standards, one municipality has quietly set the benchmark that the rest can no longer...
Art of forbearance amid outcry
TYPHOON “Tino” on November 4 did not spare even the billionaire Enrique Razon-led Negros Electric and Power Corporation (Negros Power).“Tino” inflicted more than P20...
Copra meal vs coconut oil vs VCO: Let’s compare the economics
THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) recently promoted the use of copra meal in cattle feed, citing global soybean shortages. It’s a practical stopgap, sure....
Pork barrel USA vs pork barrel PH
ANG pork barrel allocation padayon nga gina-praktis sa Estados Unidos, despite sang mga kritisismo batok sini tungod sang daku nga posibilidad sang wasteful, misuse...
I’ll take your bat and ball
MANY PEOPLE find politics confusing and have little regard for their politicians, and the few that do understand politics think even worse of it.
The...
Mission over metrics
SOME VICTORIES are quiet. A midwife from a state college opens a birthing center in the mountains. A student from Samar borrows a neighbor’s...
Confidence and abandonment
GIVEN THE fact that we in this world will always have to contend with complicated situations, challenges, difficulties, trials and the like, we need...
The hard part isn’t toilets — it’s behavior change
FOR YEARS, Iloilo Province has invested steadily in sanitation infrastructure — building toilets, setting up public comfort rooms, and supporting municipalities as they work...