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EDITORIAL — Pass-through fees
If the administration wants to tackle inflation and improve ease of doing business, it should scrutinize one of the contributors to high prices particularly of agricultural commodities, and a long-standing complaint of businessmen: pass-through fees collected from delivery trucks......»»
EDITORIAL - Red carpet, not red tape
The economic team faces a challenging task: replace red tape with a red carpet for investments......»»
EDITORIAL - Buried alive, again
As of late yesterday afternoon, seven people had been confirmed killed while about 10 others remained missing in a landslide that struck the gold mining area of Monkayo town in Davao de Oro......»»
EDITORIAL - Another BI scam
You’d think the scandal over the so-called pastillas scam would have taught Bureau of Immigration personnel valuable lessons in honest public service......»»
EDITORIAL - Going to waste
By the estimates of the Department of Agriculture, up to 30 percent of crops go to waste due to poor logistics......»»
EDITORIAL - State of emergency
What will it take to allow on-time release of plastic driver’s license cards in this country? Since the previous administration, there has been a backlog in the release of the plastic driver’s license cards, with motorists instead issued temporary paper licenses......»»
EDITORIAL— Worst traffic congestion
Here’s another dubious distinction for the Philippines: Metro Manila had the worst traffic congestion among all metropolitan areas worldwide in 2023......»»
EDITORIAL — Higher fees, higher expectations
With no order from President Marcos stopping the move, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. increased starting this month its members’ premium contributions, from four percent to five percent......»»
EDITORIAL – Withdraw special plates
Last year, the leadership of the House of Representatives said the chamber had withdrawn all “8” protocol plates issued to members of previous Congresses......»»
EDITORIAL - Cabinet changes
Validating rumors that have been circulating since late last year, former Batangas congresswoman Vilma Santos-Recto confirmed yesterday that President Marcos is replacing Benjamin Diokno with her husband, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto as secretary of finance......»»
EDITORIAL - Cleaning up
Across the country, clean-up drives are conducted by different national and local government agencies, often during special days related to the environment, or after a powerful typhoon sends ashore tons of garbage......»»