The cost of poor housing planning
ILOILO City’s renewed insistence on proper landfill and infrastructure for future relocation sites is welcome — but long overdue. For years, some relocated families...
Let’s recycle using reverse vending machines
IT’S TIME we stop treating garbage as garbage — and start seeing it for what it really is: an opportunity.
I’m referring to the untapped...
We can rebuild, but we shouldn’t have to start from zero every time
A reflection after the storm(By Kayla Lois D. Yumang)
Another storm, another disaster, another headline.
Once again, the Philippines is battered – homes washed away, roads...
The roots of poverty and overcoming it, 1
JUAN dela Cruz and 20 of his neighbors in a remote village in southern Mindanao are rejoicing. They sell their mangoes every year to...
‘Delicadeza’, on air
WE RECOGNIZE delicadeza best when someone breaks it. One word on live teleradio — “tanga” — made offices and classrooms feel tense. People stopped...
Faith should guide all our earthly affairs
WE NEED to be clear about this. Our Christian faith is not optional in our life. It is neither relevant only to some affairs...
Programmed plunder
THE DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management (DBM) once again defended the use of unprogrammed appropriations, saying these are “fiscal buffers” and not “secret funds.”...
Iloilo City jail overflow: A symptom of failing justice and social systems
THE STAGGERING 900-percent congestion at the Iloilo City District Jail–Male Dormitory (ICDJ-MD) is not merely a logistical nightmare — it is an indictment of...