P12,000 ‘ayuda’ not enough to offset price crisis; Gov’t must raise wages, cut taxes...

WHILE government assistance is urgently needed by millions of Filipino families struggling with soaring prices, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) Panay warns that the Marcos...

Stop making excuses, start enforcing the law

DRUNK DRIVING is a deadly crime waiting to happen. The head-on collision along Iloilo City’s Diversion Road on July 12, where one rider was allegedly...

Talking power interruptions

THIS IS in light (pun intended) of the spate of Red Alerts, Yellow Alerts, and Manual Load Droppings that have plagued Panay, Iloilo City,...

Subpoena power and the Sara Duterte Impeachment: Lessons from Corona, risks for today

THE SENATE’S decision this afternoon to consider subpoenaing Vice President Sara Duterte’s tax records has instantly become the most resonant political development of the...

Dynasties bill loophole

WHILE having coffee with friends, somebody cracked a joke that drew more laughter than it probably deserved: “If political dynasties are the ones writing...

The search for truth in today’s world

AMID all the obvious overload we have today in terms of facts and data, opinions and views, ideologies and philosophies, fiction stories and narratives,...

Hopping or love and care?

RELATIONSHIP hopping means jumping quickly from one partner to another, while care is the steady, intentional effort to support someone else. Love goes even...

Impunity as core of the two-thirds vote dilemma

TWO-THIRDS of 24? Two-thirds of 21? With the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) investigating Alan Peter Cayetano’s SEA Games “kaldero”, will it be two-thirds...
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