Editorial
A clean gov’t determined to do the right thing
For peace and order and national security, he declared a unilateral ceasefire with the New People’s Army which has been...
Read moreHopes up for 2 long-awaited bills
WHEN the new administration of President Aquino began six years ago, there was hope that finally two long-awaited pieces of...
Read morePresident Duterte’s first SONA today
President Duterte delivers his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) today, the 25th day of his administration, before a...
Read moreWe can have both dev’t & environmental protection
THE Philippines joined 170 other nations at the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement at the United Nations headquarters in...
Read moreA legal decision
THE response to the Supreme Court order dismissing the plunder case against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and calling for...
Read moreA true party system: It’s about time
"IT’S about time we passed a measure that will institutionalize and strengthen political parties as pillars of the country’s democratic...
Read moreFor peace and security in the Olympic Games
THE organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics this August have reason to worry, with the recent series of terrorist...
Read moreStart setting up needed drug rehab centers
BEFORE President Duterte began the campaign against drugs in the country, no one in government or in any other organization...
Read moreAn opportunity to establish good faith
IT was perhaps inevitable that cases against certain officials would be filed after the Supreme Court ruled on July 1,...
Read moreHuge infra budget will boost employment
For the first six months of the Duterte administration – July to December, 2016 – the national government will be...
Read moreWe have 3 of world’s ten best islands
THE Philippines’ tourism industry has long suffered in comparison with those of some of our Asian neighbors, notably Malaysia, Thailand,...
Read moreJapan’s PM pushes for Charter change
PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan won a sweeping victory in the elections last Sunday. His Liberal Democratic Party and...
Read moreLet’s step back; we have made our point
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague ruled that “China violated the Philippines’ sovereign rights in its exclusive economic...
Read moreEarly decision needed on Con-Con or Con-Ass
BETWEEN a Constitutional Convention (Con-Con) and a Constitutional Assembly (Con-Ass), the former appears to be favored by Senate leaders, among...
Read moreDrive must continue but ensure vs abuses
THERE is an apocryphal story making the rounds, that drug suspects arrested by the police ask that they be handcuffed...
Read moreA welcome appointment
THE housing problem in the country may not be as critical or as urgent as the energy problem or the...
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