Development must reach the last barangay
WESTERN Visayas may be the Philippines’ fastest-growing regional economy, but beyond its booming commercial centers are communities where prosperity remains frustratingly distant. That is...
Daily accessibility challenges of persons with disability
DESPITE the passage of the Accessibility Law, or Batas Pambansa (BP) Blg. 344 (BP 344), more than four decades ago, persons with disability (PWDs)...
Speak with confidence, 3
CLEAR speakers also focus on one idea at a time. Many people lose confidence because they try to communicate 10 thoughts at once. Their...
Piety of children and doctrine of theologians
WHEN Christ said that a lamp is not placed under a bushel basket or under a under, but rather on a lampstand, (cfr. Mk...
Dental clinic raided
THREE Vietnamese nationals, including two alleged dentists, were arrested after authorities raided a dental clinic in Mandaue City, in Cebu province.
The clinic was allegedly...
Research posters that make people stop
A GOOD research poster does not begin on a laptop. It begins in that quiet moment when you ask yourself, “If someone walks past...
All in the family?
THE LATEST thought — or lack of thought — from the Donald Trump team is that some child care subsidies should be available only...
WV fastest-growing regional economy — but growing for whom?
WESTERN Visayas is the fastest-growing regional economy in the Philippines. Its economy expanded by 6.4 percent to ₱683.44 billion, while family poverty incidence fell...
A ‘filthy reality’
THE HINOBA-AN District Hospital, located at the southernmost tip of Negros Occidental, is new. It was completed only late last year.
Since January 2, the...