Echoes From

  BY JOHNNY DAYANG   * THE issue of libel being a criminal offense has been on the legislative table...

  BY JOHNNY DAYANG   *   THE President has yet to sign the anti-terror bill (as of this writing)...

  BY JOHNNY DAYANG   *   CHINA’S bullying in South China Seas has been viewed as insuperable. A great...

    BEYOND the lack of sense certain quarters impute on the failure of government to address the COVID-19 crisis...

  ON May 5, 2020, in a stroke of bravado, National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease and desist order, even...

  THE current COVID-19 pandemic which has forced government to impose stringent community lockdowns has likewise compelled the education sector...

    CRITICAL times often bring out the best from among leaders. In the Philippines, the horde of sickening political...

      NO one saw it coming, not even countries with the most advanced health systems. What started as...

  THE next election is yet two years away but the smell of political realignments now pervades the air. Shifting...

  OUTSIDE the over 3,000 patients worldwide who have died from COVID-19, this lethal plague continues to wreak havoc in...

  BORACAY Island is again in the spotlight, with one of its stakeholders named among the top recipients of this...

  WHAT used to be a potent politi­cal dissent outlet, the number of protests and rallies has unbelievably hit low....

  THE health issues buffeting the world community today are sure to create far-ranging global implications and will slowly affect...

    IF there is anything that really raises the temper of many Filipinos today, it’s the rising involvement in...

  ABOUT a million devotees and tourists at­tended this year’s colorful and decidedly successful Kalibo Ati–atihan Festival in Aklan, under...

  “WHEN it rains, it pours,” goes the adage which happily applies to Bicol and all Bicolanos this year. Finally,...