By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo RECENT satellite imagery revealed significant deforestation in the Sierra Madre mountain range, causing public outcry and debate, with environmental groups expressing concern over its impact on the ecosystem of Sierra Madre, referred to as the “backbone of Luzon”, as it resembles a huge spine or…
By Farah G. Decano THE Legal Education Board (LEB) is encouraging law schools to offer a subject focused on anti-corruption in government. The initiative aims to expose students to potential careers in good governance, policy formulation, corruption investigation, and the prosecution of offenders. While existing courses like “Law on…
By Eva C. Visperas WAS it about starting a joke? Was it to gain more views and reactions in exchange for social media income? Was it part of the continuing saga of discrediting and destroying the leadership of incumbent city officials? Or was it simply to spread hate and…
By Rex Catubig WE are witnessing how, in record time and biblical proportion, dikes and rivers overflowed, copious rains fell within a short period, and lo and behold, the country drowned in flood water and unending hearings. Yet these occurrences could not have been generated by ignominious corruption alone…
By Gonzalo Duque Ss I was writing my column, a Super Typhoon named by weathermen as Uwan, is fast approaching Northern and Central Luzon. A certain seer by the name of Pastor Perez, a black faith minister, predicted and further predicts that calamities will visit our country from the…
By Leonardo Micua THE Visayas continues to recover from a string of natural disasters, including the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that devastated Cebu, the lingering effects of La Niña, and the recent onslaught of Typhoon Tino. The typhoon caused widespread flooding, destroyed homes, and uprooted trees, reviving painful memories of…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I am in Aklan, visiting two places, Boracay, an island in Malay town and Habana in Nabas. Boracay has a unique quality that attracts all kinds of people, especially tourists and leisure seekers, local and foreign. Habana, on the other hand, attracts development workers and…
By Farah G. Decano NO words adequately capture the sheer anger and abhorrence the Filipino people feel toward the ineptitude and corruption plaguing those in power. This includes elected officials and appointees in agencies like the DPWH and DENR. These individuals, who swore to uphold the rights of citizens…
By Eva C. Visperas COMING back from a long weekend after All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day usually means slow Mondays, sleepy offices, and half-hearted attempts to return to reality. People are still thinking about family reunions, cemetery visits, and the short but well-loved break from work. But…
By Rex Catubig WHEN the anomalous flood control projects exploded a Pandora’s box of associative demons—SOP, payola, insertions, twenty-five percent, proponent, and other euphemistic turns of phrase, one exacerbating factor got somewhat overshadowed. Yet, it is a key player in all this. Beyond the dikes, the embankments, rip rap…
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