Discontent remains over coco levy law
PRESIDENT Duterte last Friday signed Republic Act 11524 creating the “Coconut Farmers…
We hope good news will soon replace daily COVID reports
THERE is one common thread that runs through most of the news…
A dangerous new twist in the gov’t war on drugs
THE drug problem in the country was in the news again last week.…
We can learn from Japan’s ‘Ministry for Loneliness’
PRIME Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan has added a “Minister for Loneliness”…
Why we still don’t have mass vaccinations
EVERYONE is looking forward to the start of the vaccination program in…
Despite old fears, suspicions, Charter change move continues
widespread opposition to any move to amend the Constitution at this time…
WHO mission back with info on how the pandemic began
TEN international experts – epidemiologists, animal and human disease experts, medical doctors…
Rising world oil prices will inevitably affect us
THIS is one price we have to pay for the return of…
Public vaccination for President will help ease doubts of many
PRESIDENT Duterte has agreed to boost the confidence of the people in…
A targeted, calibrated easing of restrictions for Metro Manila
IN the coming months, there will be need to constantly balance the…
A more realistic expectation of nat’l recovery in 2022
AFTER a year of restrictions on business operations and social activities all…
Nation must move on after VP protest case decided by PET
THE Marcos-Robredo election protest case was finally decided last Tuesday, February 16.…
A reminder on the problem of pollution in Manila Bay
TWO decades after the Supreme Court ordered 13 government agencies led by…
With all the news, good & bad, each one is still on his own
THE good news is that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management…
A bill to speed up administration of justice in courts
THE SENATE approved last Monday Senate Bill 1886, to expand the jurisdiction…
So many issues in 2-hr Biden-Xi phone talk
UNITED States President Joseph Biden and China President Xi Jinping spoke by phone…