Opinion

We commended the Metro Manila Development Authority or MMDA early on for its decision to ban e-trikes, e-bikes and similar vehicles on national roads as this would help achieve smoother traffic flow and keep these slow-moving vehicles safe from bigger ones on the road. Under MMDA Regulation 24-022, the use …

IS IT Sinophobia and racism? We raise this query amid serious concern by some legislators and even the military on the reported influx lately of Chinese nationals in Cagayan province. Representatives Joseph Lara of Cagayan’s third district and Faustino Dy V of Isabela’s sixth district had earlier filed resolutions in …

THE 19-day joint military exercise of Manila and Washington ending May 10 involving more than 16,000 troops – the greatest demonstration of allied muscle – has a clear message. The annual drills – dubbed Balikatan or “shoulder to shoulder – is concentrated in the northern and western parts of the …

SOMETHING smells fishy in the alleged number of foreign Chinese students granted student visas in Cagayan. We agree with Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III when he said the Commission on Higher Education should investigate this before the Senate, in aid of legislation, makes a move. There is a need …

No, we’re not talking of a possible palace putsch or power grab, but of an imminent electricity shortfall in Luzon and the Visayas. The culprit? More than 30 power plants are running below capacity due to the searing summer heat exacerbated by the El Niño dry spell. The majority of …

Soon, a delegation from Washington-based international strategic advisory firms will arrive in the Philippines to discuss potential collaboration in strengthening the Maharlika Investment Fund and improving digitalization efforts in revenue generation. This, following the five-day working visit from April 10 to 14 to Washington, DC of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. …

The war on illegal drugs waged by the Rodrigo Duterte administration starting from July 2016 and reached its crescendo around 2019 managed to rack up a record of sorts: more than 6,000 suspected drug traffickers and users shot dead by law enforcers who claimed their prey drew weapons and fought …

You would think President Marcos Jr. is too preoccupied with foreign policy issues and frequent trips abroad that he has forgotten to keep his ears close to the ground and address issues that matter to ordinary Filipinos. But no, the Chief Executive does respond to street-level issues. Ample evidence is …

THE trilateral summit in Washington, DC among the United States, the Philippines and Japan raises the bulletin board as the three are determined to conduct more naval training and exercises in what is seen as a potential flashpoint in the South China Sea. This, as the Philippines, which has had …

THE significant trilateral summit in Washington White House among President Joe Biden as host and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is seen as a firm gear for the security of the Indo-Pacific region. Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil, in a statement soon after President Marcos returned …