Avoid the delay that plagued this year’s budget
THE dispute over “pork barrel” was the reason the 2019 national…
Garbage & pollution – every small move helps
SOME problems are so big, they cannot possibly be solved immediately…
Sovereignty & sovereign rights; SCS & WPS
THE press reported last week the findings of the Social Weather…
New effort mounted for Metro traffic powers
A NEW effort to get Congress to grant emergency powers to…
President revives call for Charter change
PRESIDENT Duterte was speaking at the induction of some newly elected…
Manual vote counts for greater transparency
THE 18th Congress of the Philippines has yet to begin on…
Let there be no further delay in the House
FOR weeks the House of Representatives appeared unable to make any…
President has his eye anew on Customs
PRESIDENT Duterte was speaking at the inauguration of a rice processing…
California quakes remind us of our ‘Big One’
TWO big earthquakes hit southern California last week, renewing fears of…
Duterte’s pointman for Mindanao dev’t
IN the second half of the six-year Duterte administration, a great…
Hopes up on new US, Russia, China talks
THE world’s hopes are up on two fronts following last month’s meeting…
Rain-saving proposals must be pursued
FINALLY the rainy season has begun. The water-bearing “habagat” winds from…
Keep up the principle of legislative independence
THE principle of separation of powers governs the Philippine system of…
BARMM inherits Abu Sayyaf problem
FOR decades, the Philippine government had to deal with the problem…
