VIEWPOINTS: Impeachment
BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ
“IN case the verified complaint or resolution of impeachment is filed by at least one-third of all the members of the...
BRIDGES: Unflappable
BY SAMMY JULIAN
ILOILO 2nd District’s Rep. Arcadio Gorriceta made promises to his constituents in 2010. So far, he has kept nearly all those promises.
After...
ADVOCACY MINDANAO: Con-Con, not Con-Ass
BY JESS DUREZA
INDEED, there are many reasons why we need to take another look at our Constitution, not only those pertaining to the economic...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Cheaper med law ‘lifeless’ under PNoy
By HERBERT VEGO
IN his four years in office, has President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III beefed up the six-year-old Cheaper Medicines Act of 2008? We...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: Change
BY ROMMEL YNION
DO we need change?
Yes.
I’m glad Filipinos have felt the urgency of change. But what exactly is change to them? And what exactly...
ADVOCACY MINDANAO: All-out peace
BY JESS DUREZA
WHEN then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took over from President Joseph Estrada in 2001, she immediately reversed the Erap all-out war policy and enunciated...
BRIDGES: The importance of rural development
BY SAMMY JULIAN
A RURAL development doctrine must, if it is to be effective, give deeper and more concentrated thought to the role of the local place...
FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY: Redefining human development measures
BY IKE SEÑERES
DR. Gil Santos wrote: “To me it is understandable why the Philippines was not included in the countries listed by the United Nations...
RURAL UPDATE: Keep low budget; attract new business or expansion
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
IT appears that even the business sector that originally opposed the increase in real estate taxes (RET) by the Iloilo City Hall...
PEOPLE POWWOW: An accident in Venice
By HERBERT VEGO
HAVING just finished his nautical course a few years ago, Dominador Alcabaza considered himself lucky to have qualified for employment on a...