Editorial

The barangay is our basic political unit.  It “serves as the primary planning and implementing unit of government policies, plans, programs, projects, and activities in the community, and as a forum wherein the collective views of the people may be expressed, crystallized and considered, and where disputes may be amicably …

IN a headline-grabbing move this week, House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, accompanied by a party that included a number of Philippine Coast Guard and Bureau of Customs personnel, as well as Bulacan Fifth District Rep. Ambrosio Cruz Jr., Quezon First District Rep. Mark Enverga and Rep. Erwin Tulfo of ACT-CIS …

In a “searing” statement issued recently, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declared that the world is now entering an era of “global boiling.” Official data confirms that July 2023 has become the “hottest month ever recorded in human history,” with temperatures breaking records across the board. “Humanity is in the …

The scourge of cancer runs deep — it can shatter family ties, derail a promising career, and obliterate the dreams of individuals who now find themselves immersed in the relentless struggle for recovery. There’s always the feeling of an impending doom that cancer brings and this is something that even …

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile disclosed in a recent media interview that there was “pressure” from certain quarters on President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. amid his decision to suspend all Manila Bay reclamation projects so that these may be thoroughly reviewed by the Department of Environment and Natural …

The objective is to influence the opinion of China’s adversaries through the manipulation of information. The National Security Council, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s advisory body on foreign threats, revealed recently a “cognitive warfare” involving efforts to turn Filipinos’ perception to China’s side. National Security Council Assistant Director General and …

Disaster preparedness should not merely be about readiness during a disaster; it means that a city or a municipality should remain prepared even when there is no disaster. As a nation most vulnerable to climate change, natural disasters are inevitable, particularly with the annual onslaught of multiple typhoons. Year after …

The point that the expert wanted to put across is that the Philippines will only be exercising what it is entitled to in defending the Ayungin Shoal. Much of what will transpire after the forming of the unprecedented tripartite agreement among the United States, Japan and South Korea, which US …

As the nation commemorates the 40th death anniversary of former Senator Benigno ‘Ninoy’ S. Aquino, Jr., it is well to reflect on the significance of his life and times. Not much is known by the present generation about the fact that by the time he was 25 years old, he …

If anyone doesn’t like the food being served in any particular place, one always has the option to brown-bag or buy food to his or her liking. Maybe lacking anything better to do when he’s not prettifying his gun arsenal, Senator Robin Padilla is now seeking a congressional investigation into …