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Community media as ‘Torch of Freedom’
IT’S now 2019. The recent self-immolation by a Tunisian photo journalist who burned himself to death to highlight...
Read moreKalibo Ati-Atihan 2019
THE Ati-Atihan festival of Kalibo, Aklan held January every year, has surely retained its religious fervor and cultural color....
Read moreGame changer gift
MERRY Christmas and a truly more prosperous New Year!!! Christmas and New Year generally bring with them the...
Read moreTrail leads to Alvarez
THE mysterious irregularities in the budgetary distortions worth billions of pesos discovered by House lawmakers after weeks of...
Read morePhilippine Space Agency
THE Pinoy-made remote sensing micro-satellite, Diwata-2, now 621 kilometers up in outer space, has already sent back its...
Read moreScience and technology
SCIENCE and technology. They have touched and continue to shape all aspects and dimensions of human experience –...
Read moreBooks must remain tax free
THE ongoing clamor against taxing or imposing tariffs on imported books has snowballed into a national crusade. In...
Read moreSalceda pushes Albay 2.0 Plan
LEGAZPI CITY – Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda has pledged to push his higher level “Albay...
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Boracay as a cultural treasure
AS expected, the recent reopening of Boracay has elicited mixed reactions from various sectors. Aside from doubts raised...
Read moreCorrupted value system
AFTER six months of closure to visitors, to facilitate its rehabilitation, Boracay is now back to its prestine state and...
Read moreSacrificing literacy for taxes
THE furor raised by the reported plan to tax imported books to raise additional revenues and cut down government deficit...
Read moreDisaster mitigation
THE disastrous landslides in Itogon, Benguet and Naga City in Cebu triggered by heavy rains brought about by supertyphoon Ompong...
Read moreTaxing books and literacy
LACKING other intelligent options to raise government revenues, some lawmakers now connive with Finance official to impose taxes on imported...
Read moreDDR, once more in focus
GOVERNMENT initiatives before, during, and after supertyphoon Ompong’s onslaught have amply demonstrated lessons learned from periodic climate change depredations.
Read morePassing of an Ilonggo icon
A PERSON, like anybody else, shall come to pass. But his legacy defines his contribution to the community. Danny Fajardo,...
Read moreIt’s payback time
AFTER his dethronement, things are getting any better for former House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez.
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