FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina The new Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan (BIDA) anti-illegal drugs campaign launched nationwide last Saturday will have to get the support of the entire nation if significant success is to be attained. And having the right strategies that make use of...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina For the perceived overwhelming majority of Filipinos who trust the United States and resent China’s incursions into the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the current visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris is a breath of fresh air. That the second highest...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina The intention of the Marcos Jr. administration to build a million homes a year is deemed ambitious, considering the many challenges especially on funding. But if quite successful, it would certainly be a solid and highly significant legacy of our...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina The war on drugs “will continue but in a more focused way,” President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said in his recent New York meeting with the Asia Society which also tackled the issue of human rights. “What we can do is to examine and...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina As many face-to-face classes started yesterday in our public schools, the perennial problems prior to the pandemic – severe shortage of classrooms, teachers, and instructional materials – have surfaced anew. With around 27.69 million basic...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina A grateful nation was overwhelmed with grief over the news that the legendary Lydia de Vega-Mercado passed away last Wednesday. With the outpouring of accolades and tributes that followed, it was obvious how the Philippines’ most celebrated sprint...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Last Friday’s revelation by the Bureau of Treasury that the national government’s debt as of June 30 stood at ₱12.79 trillion might seem distressing for many people. Others might even describe as staggering the total amount of public debt which...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina With a large population that continues to expand and further increases social and economic requirements, the country’s premier metropolis ought to be governed by a government agency with police power to solve chronic problems of traffic, flooding,...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina In the ’80s, Filipino track legend Lydia de Vega was our country’s source of immense pride as the undisputed sprint queen of Asia with her national record of 11.28 seconds in the 100-meter dash remaining unbroken for three decades. With all her...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina I was among the more than 8,000 ecstatic fans at the Rizal Memorial Stadium last Sunday who witnessed how the Philippine women’s national football team, now called the Filipinas, won the 2022 ASEAN Football Federation Women’s Championship. It was...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Controlling the soaring prices of food and transport fuel costs is indisputably a gut issue that worries most Filipinos especially the poor. The country’s headline inflation rate of 6.1 percent for June 2022 reported recently by the Philippine...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Last month’s decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn the Roe v. Wade landmark ruling on abortion rights triggered a flurry of protests more furious than when an initial draft of a majority decision was leaked earlier. The leaked draft was...
