Editorial
ASEAN sees recovery with China aid
THE COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over, but many countries around the world are already drawing up plans for...
Read morePH doing well in facing COVID’s economic blows
COUNTRIES around the world have been fighting the COVID-19 pandemic largely on two fronts – public health and economic. On...
Read moreWelcome additions to gov’t aid funds
THE Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) have been allowed to resume operations subject to stringent restrictions due to the...
Read moreFirst anti-COVID-19 drug approved in US
THE United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved last Friday the emergency use of a new drug –...
Read moreSchool opening – in August or even later
SCHOOL opening in June is definitely out, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said last week. That is only a month...
Read moreLivelihood – key part of ‘Balik Probinsiya’
DECONGESTING Metro Manila through a “Balik Probinsiya” program will surely help in solving the current problem of COVID-19...
Read morePrivate sector steps up at a time of great need
IN the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions on the public and on the economy, our private sector...
Read moreWe will miss many Maytime processions
IT is the first day of May, a special month for Filipinos for it is the time of...
Read moreOil prices down around the world
THE world’s oil producing nations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia reached agreement last Easter Sunday on a record...
Read moreAfter the summer heat, the habagat, then amihan
OUR world has changed so drastically these last few months in ways we have not seen before, but...
Read moreNearly 3 M await cure for COVID-19
A VACCINE is a weakened, killed, or modified virus or bacteria injected into a person – who is...
Read moreA 2nd, more deadly wave this winter?
THERE is fear in the United States that a second wave of COVID-19 may hit the country this coming...
Read moreSo many holidays affected by COVID-19
THE Christian observance of Holy Week (April 5-12) has been muted this year because of COVID-19. In the...
Read moreP5.2 B for more healthcare workers, labs, hospital beds
WITH or without the continued lockdown – enhanced community quarantine – in Metro Manila and the whole of Luzon,...
Read moreWe must be thankful we have had fewer COVID-19 deaths
WHEN we consider the figures on COVID-19 infections and deaths around the world, we must be thankful that our...
Read moreNothing further from 15 senators?
IT has been about a week since 15 senators called for the resignation of Secretary of Health Francisco Duque...
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