No bins, pocket it first
WHEN I was a boy at Bo. Obrero Elementary School in the mid-1980s, my teachers would remind us every day: “Kung wala pa basurahan,...
May trilyon para sa flood control, ngaa baha pa gihapon?
THE MASSIVE flooding in Iloilo City on Monday night, August 17, with floodwaters inundating houses, footpaths, passageways and roads, is a stark reminder to...
Where have the learners gone?
THE MOST disturbing number in education is not necessarily the number of children who fail an examination. It is the number of children who...
The man who came home
TO MARK the anniversary of the late senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.’s passing, I am sharing “The Man Who Came Home”, an oratorical piece...
Bridging the healthcare gap for Filipino families
FIRST, OUR state health insurance (PhilHealth). Under the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act (Republic Act No. 11223), ideally, 100% of the Filipino population is...
E-Notarization is here, but how does it actually work?, 1
ELECTRONIC notarization is finally here. While this may be the case, the signatory’s appearance before the notary public remains a legal requirement – only...
Things linguistic retained by most Visayan languages that Tagalog lost, 3
THERE are LOCATIVE words that are closely associated with EXISTENTIAL words, and are often used interchangeably with them. As mentioned previously, Hiligaynon speakers (and...
A city without a drainage blueprint
THE MOST worrisome revelation from Iloilo City’s latest flooding is not simply that 65 barangays went underwater or that 2,529 people were affected. It...