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EDITORIAL - A matter of enforcement
If the government wants to keep e-tricycles and e-bikes off national roads and highways, it should strictly enforce the ban on such vehicles, whether gas-powered or electric......»»
EDITORIAL — ‘Very rotten’
A process has long been in place for the approval of the national budget. Malacañang, through the Department of Budget and Management, submits its proposed national expenditure program to Congress, and both chambers deliberate on the NEP to come up with their respective versions of the budget bill......»»
EDITORIAL - Compromised data
The Department of Education is verifying reports that its information system has been breached, with a hacker claiming to have harvested 750 gigabytes so far of DepEd data including banking details and information on students and teachers. Meanwhile, the Philippine Coast Guard took down yesterday its account on X, formerly Twitter, after its tweets were wiped out......»»
EDITORIAL - Disruptive threats
Schools suspended classes and work was disrupted in government agencies that were hit by bomb threats yesterday in Metro Manila, several provinces in Luzon and in Cebu......»»
EDITORIAL — Deepfakes in the 2025 polls
In the 2022 general elections, advocates for clean and honest polls lamented the widespread use of digital technology for spreading misinformation and disinformation to influence the vote......»»
EDITORIAL – Probing the drug killings
Whether or not it’s true that probers of the International Criminal Court were in the country last December, the stories should prod Philippine authorities to speed up and intensify their own investigation into possible extrajudicial killings and other state abuses in the so-called war on drugs carried out in the previous administration......»»
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 - Lifeguards
With high temperatures expected to prevail for the coming weeks, swimming will continue to be a popular activity. And the risk of drowning will remain high......»»
EDITORIAL - Lifeguards
With high temperatures expected to prevail for the coming weeks, swimming will continue to be a popular activity. And the risk of drowning will remain high......»»
EDITORIAL - Lifeguards
With high temperatures expected to prevail for the coming weeks, swimming will continue to be a popular activity. And the risk of drowning will remain high......»»
EDITORIAL - Lifeguards
With high temperatures expected to prevail for the coming weeks, swimming will continue to be a popular activity. And the risk of drowning will remain high......»»
EDITORIAL - Harboring fugitives
If the government wants to improve its track record in capturing fugitives, it should enforce laws against obstruction of justice as well as harboring criminals and persons with pending arrest warrants......»»
EDITORIAL - Finally, plastic license cards
It says a lot about the quality of governance and ease of doing business in this country that it takes forever just to obtain a plastic driver’s license card......»»
EDITORIAL — The cost of negligence
As of early evening yesterday, the death toll from a vehicular collision in Cotabato stood at 17, with four others needing hospitalization for injuries and severe burns......»»
EDITORIAL - Animal cruelty
Killing dogs for their meat has been drastically reduced nationwide, and the country registered the highest ownership of pet dogs in Asia in 2021......»»
EDITORIAL - Vaping minors
Law enforcement agencies are expressing alarm over the increasing use of vapes by minors, and the rise in the illegal importation of prohibited substances used in e-cigarettes. The problem should not come as a surprise, however, since the government practically asked for it......»»
EDITORIAL - Preserving a geological treasure
In September last year, a provincial board member of Bohol had asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to stop the construction of private structures within the Chocolate Hills area......»»
EDITORIAL — Sour grapes
There are many reasons why tiny Singapore has sprinted ahead of the rest of Southeast Asia in terms of economic growth and nearly all human development indicators......»»
EDITORIAL — The short reach of the law
As relatives and friends marked a year since gunmen massacred 10 people led by Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo, the accused mastermind remained free, while his henchmen who had previously implicated him had all retracted their statements......»»
EDITORIAL Year-round fire prevention
Even before the start of Fire Prevention Month, fires have destroyed property and left several persons dead or injured in different parts of the country in the past weeks.....»»