Opinion

That’s right, you did not misread the lips of National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. when he said the national government would streamline its response to the El Niño weather phenomenon. Teodoro, chair of the El Niño task force, noted President Marcos Jr. wants to focus on “systematic, holistic, and …

The country is expected to sizzle in the coming weeks with temperatures rising to as high as 40 degrees Celsius in Metro Manila and Northern Luzon due to the impact of the El Niño phenomenon. El Niño is now exhaling its hissing heat – as high as 40 degrees Celsius …

Is the public education sector making an unreasonable demand if they are now asking a minimum of P50,000 per month or nearly double for entry-level public school-teachers?Apparently not, especially considering the high cost of living nowadays, from food to fuel to basic services such as water and electricity.Last year, the …

This week, 41 of the country’s 82 provinces have been affected by the effects of the El Niño phenomenon, prompting government to ramp up efforts to temper its repercussions.The bulletin board has been raised by Science and Technology Secretary Renato Solidum that all provinces will be affected depending on the …

We welcome the approval earlier this month by President Marcos Jr. of the National Cybersecurity Plan 2024-2029 that provides the policy direction, operational guidelines in building its cybersecurity posture, as well as the fortification of the country’s cyberspace against online threats. This plan, according to the Department of Information and …

How do you detect foreign nationals, said to be mostly from China, who were able to obtain Philippine passports through devious means? The Department of Foreign Affairs has resorted to an ingenious way to catch those suspected of having fraudulently acquired Philippine passports by presenting genuine birth certificates from the …

THE Philippines is preparing the 39th edition of its annual ‘Balikatan’ exercises, with organizers considering parts of Northern Luzon, including Mavulis island in far north Batanes province. Mavulis, only 98 kms from the southern tip of Taiwan, has a newly constructed military and fishermen shelter, a water desalination plant, a …

We sympathize with the victims of flooding and landslides in Mindanao, the country’s second largest island, where an ugly swath of death and destruction has been inflicted this month. To date, the National Disaster Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said P738.6 million worth of damage to infrastructure had been …

One good thing deserves another. And another, if we may add, to make it 24 all in all. We’re talking about the further expansion of the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) system (or ‘Pisay’) to cover other areas in the country. House Bill 9726 or the proposed Expanded Philippine Science …

If the private sector, including business enterprises, are among those adversely affected by horrible and monstrous traffic congestion in Metro Manila, shouldn’t government at least listen to what they have to say? The Management Association of the Philippines recently called on the government to appoint a traffic czar to oversee …