Immunization coverage
WHILE the focus right now is the vaccination against COVID-19, let’s not forget other vaccination programs such as for measles, polio, diphtheria, etc. The...
When his word is the law
OVER the weekend Senator Leila De Lima denounced the red-tagging of a lawyer based in Zambales province on a Facebook page that has been...
Are we next?
BY MATÈ ESPINA
WITH the declaration of the National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) to place Iloilo City under the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ), is...
Debt
I SOMETIMES wonder if ratings agencies such as S&P Global Ratings, Moody’s Investors Services and Fitch Ratings are given too much credence by governments.
Clearly,...
Eating books
BY BORDI JAEN
ONE OF THE most memorable (and perhaps not in a good way) activities we had in high school were the insane reading...
110-year-old runner Fauja Singh shares his secrets
BY GEORGE NAVA TRUE II
HE HAS beaten many world records in running. Because of his speed, he is called the Turbaned Tornado and Sikh...
The good and bad and the ugly of the internet
BY SHAY CULLEN
THERE are essentials of life that we all need nowadays: fresh air, food, water, clothes, shelter, health, electricity, and the Internet. The...
For the children
THE RECENT approval of the Senate on second reading of a bill which intends to address online sexual abuse and exploitation of children is...