Editorial
Why we still don’t have mass vaccinations
EVERYONE is looking forward to the start of the vaccination program in the Philippines. Until it happens, President Duterte said...
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Despite old fears, suspicions, Charter change move continues
widespread opposition to any move to amend the Constitution at this time when the country is mired in problems caused...
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WHO mission back with info on how the pandemic began
TEN international experts – epidemiologists, animal and human disease experts, medical doctors and virologists – from ten countries, joined five...
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Rising world oil prices will inevitably affect us
THIS is one price we have to pay for the return of our economy to normal – high prices for...
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Public vaccination for President will help ease doubts of many
PRESIDENT Duterte has agreed to boost the confidence of the people in the efficacy of authorized vaccines to provide immunity...
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A targeted, calibrated easing of restrictions for Metro Manila
IN the coming months, there will be need to constantly balance the concerns of various interests as we proceed to...
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A more realistic expectation of nat’l recovery in 2022
AFTER a year of restrictions on business operations and social activities all over the country because of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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Nation must move on after VP protest case decided by PET
THE Marcos-Robredo election protest case was finally decided last Tuesday, February 16. It has taken four years and eight months...
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A reminder on the problem of pollution in Manila Bay
TWO decades after the Supreme Court ordered 13 government agencies led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)...
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With all the news, good & bad, each one is still on his own
THE good news is that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has allowed, starting...
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A bill to speed up administration of justice in courts
THE SENATE approved last Monday Senate Bill 1886, to expand the jurisdiction of first and second-level courts of the land...
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So many issues in 2-hr Biden-Xi phone talk
UNITED States President Joseph Biden and China President Xi Jinping spoke by phone for two hours last Thursday. It was the...
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Our faith remains strong in this time of the pandemic
THE Christian period of penitence, Lent, begins this week with Ash Wednesday on February 17. These are the six weeks...
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Customs commended for doing ‘extremely well’ amid COVID pandemic
FINANCE Secretary Carlos Dominguez III commended the Bureau of Customs on its anniversary celebration last Tuesday. The bureau performed “extremely...
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The law is the law may need help
THE Supreme Court, in a decision dated January 28, 2021, affirmed the notices of disallowance by the Commission on Audit...
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New efforts to clean the polluted air around the world
SINCE the historic Paris Climate Agreement of December, 2015, many nations around the world have taken concrete steps to carry...
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