That's The Spirit

  THE State recognizes that the right of every establishment to a fair return of investment carries with it a...

  THE issue on having motorcycles as public utility vehicles is no longer one on necessity but on the legal...

  THE issue on ghost kidney treatments charged to and paid for by Philhealth raises serious concern about the fate...

  THE issue on the “imported garbage” from South Korea and Australia (including the garbage from Canada) illustrates that governance...

  THE issue on “imported garbage” says a lot about the quality of public governance in our country. The Duterte...

  DEMOCRACY literally means “the rule or power of the people.” In a representative democracy, such as the one we...

  PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte recently signed into law Republic Act No. 11261 or the “First Time Jobseekers Assistance Act.” The...

  THE law enforcement agencies are not the only ones responsible or at fault for the weak implementation of safety...

  THE earthquakes in or country last week, particularly the one that hit Central Luzon, bring to light both improvements...

  ELECTION is a key democratic exercise because through it, the people choose who to entrust their power ad resources,...

  THE release of 2018 first semester poverty statistics by the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) last week was met with...

  IN last week’s campaign sortie of the senatorial candidates supported by his Administration in Marikina City, President Rodrigo Duterte...

  LEVELING the competition field for the election of government officials goes into the heart of democracy and democratic representation....

  WE are again seeing and experiencing the ef­fects of the Supreme Court ruling that effectively erased the concept of...

  WHO should we vote for in the May 13, 2019 elec­tions? We should not vote for candidates solely for...

  (Part 2) WHETHER certain items in the national budget are called congressional insertions, pork barrel, or institutional amendments (as...