A test for Sharon Garin
HERE they are again — the rotating brownouts in Negros, Panay, and across the Visayas Region. Pestering. Irritating. Frustrating.
Negrenses, Bacolodnons and Ilonggos keep venting...
NIA says the Jalaur mega dam is ‘safe’; we say ‘show evidence’
THE JALAUR River for the People’s Movement (JRPM) takes note of the National Irrigation Administration’s I(NIA) response defending the safety of the Jalaur Dam....
JC3 and the weight of the yellow folders
I STILL remember the weight of those four long yellow folders in my hands. They looked ordinary from the outside, but within them were...
False political choices, 2
STEPPING back to look at this situation objectively requires the same calm, balanced evaluation that seasoned educators use every single day when managing a...
Development cannot bypass the people
THE COLLAPSE of the proposed AI Hyper Scale Data Center in Oton should not be celebrated as a victory against technology. Neither should it...
Return the money
FOR QUITE some time, our coffee talks had been put on hold. Now that we are back to sipping that black coffee — or...
Mahipos nga pag-antus
HALOS kada adlaw ang pag-agwanta sang tanan, imol man ukon manggaranon, may poder man ukon wala, sa pagkadula sang kuryente sulod sang sang duha...
Navigating the heat and the haze
THE HEAT is on, and it is made all the worse by transboundary haze drifting over from Indonesian forest fires. That is not a...
The challenge to protect children from online abuse, 2
Insurmountable challenge
Laws may be important words on paper, but changing a culture of child abuse is an almost insurmountable challenge. It continues in homes,...