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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.....»»
EDITORIAL - Slap on the wrist
On Aug. 2 last year, 17-year-old Jerhode “Jemboy” Baltazar was chased by a police team in Navotas and then shot dead......»»
EDITORIAL - Proudly Phl-made
Entrepreneurs will welcome the signing of the Tatak Pinoy (Proudly Filipino) Act, which provides financing and incentives to local producers of quality goods......»»
EDITORIAL - Safer internetfor children
Apart from national security and the need to protect government information networks, there is another reason to boost capabilities for fighting cyber threats: protecting children from sexual predators......»»
EDITORIAL — Pandering
There’s a reason for the existence of the regional tripartite wages and productivity boards......»»
EDITORIAL - Secessionist aspirations
After initially ignoring the call for Mindanao secession aired by his predecessor, President Marcos said it was “anchored on a false premise” and is a “sheer constitutional travesty.”.....»»
EDITORIAL — Miracle
There was good news on the eve of the Lunar New Year: a baby boy and an older girl were pulled out of the rubble buried under mud yesterday in the landslide-hit Barangay Masara in the town of Maco, Davao de Oro......»»
EDITORIAL — 115th in transparency
With the recent controversy involving secret funds for both national and local government agencies, people may question the improvement, slight as it is at just one notch, in the Philippines’ ranking in the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index......»»
EDITORIAL — The untouchables
As President Marcos and his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte swapped charges of illegal drug use, one question inevitably came up: if they are both sure of their allegations, why hasn’t either of them been charged or arrested on drug-related offenses?.....»»
EDITORIAL — A different onion crisis
During the 2022 Christmas holidays, Filipinos reeled from the eye-watering prices of red onions, which surged to over P700 a kilo, with no white onions to be had for onion rings, burgers and bistek......»»
EDITORIAL - Cha-cha fast break
If gathering the required number of signatures nationwide for a people’s initiative to amend the Constitution proves so easy, with the threshold allegedly already met even before the month is over and a nationwide plebiscite planned for July, the nation can be sure it will not be the last time that this mode of amending the basic law of the land will be employed......»»
EDITORIAL - Minimum inconvenience
With just over a week to go before the deadline, 313 routes in the National Capital Region still lack a consolidated transport service entity, according to data from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board. After a one-month grace period, the LTFRB says it will no longer give another extension of the deadline, as it cited a 76.6 percent consolidation rate nationwide......»»
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......»»
EDITORIAL - Valor in the WPS
The country marks Araw ng Kagitingan or Day of Valor today in the shadow of continuing Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea......»»
EDITORIAL - Valor in the WPS
The country marks Araw ng Kagitingan or Day of Valor today in the shadow of continuing Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea......»»
EDITORIAL — Rice sufficiency
Once again, rice prices accounted for a substantial percentage of the food-fueled increase in the inflation rate last month......»»
EDITORIAL - Progressive transformation
The month opened with a new man at the helm of the Philippine National Police......»»
EDITORIAL - Face the music
As of yesterday, Apollo Quiboloy was considered a fugitive from justice......»»
EDITORIAL - In the hot zone
As of yesterday, more local government units had ordered either the suspension of classes or a shift to remote learning as temperatures continued to rise......»»
EDITORIAL - Foreign trade barriers
Instead of declaring war on pollster Pulse Asia over its latest survey showing 88 percent of Filipinos opposing Charter change, congressmen can read the report of the office of the US Trade Representative, which details foreign trade barriers in 59 markets including the Philippines......»»