The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) assured its full support to the Department of Justice's (DOJ) commitment to combat extra-judicial killings (EJKs) and other forms of human rights violations in the country. It also supported the crucial steps the DOJ committed to strengthen the criminal justice...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has undersored the health and environmental benefits that would be derived from the rehabilitation and restoration of the San Juan River initiated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). The rehabilitation and restoration of the San Juan River...
President Marcos has formed an interagency committee intended to streamline the process of land acquisition necessary for the implementation of all railway projects in the country. Through Administrative Order No. 19 dated March 25, Marcos created the Inter-Agency Committee for Right-of Way (ROW)...
Private concessionaire firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is seeking all-out support from the national and local government agencies for permitting and right-of-way (ROW) acquisitions, so it can speed up the development of the P14.03-billion Batangas-Mindoro Interconnection...
The development of the country’s power grid network is still saddled with as much as P346.1 billion worth of unsettled right-of-way (ROW) claims, according to a top executive of the National Transmission Corporation (TransCo), the owner of the country’s power transmission assets. TransCo OIC...
THE RIGHT MOVE The issue of comfort women in the Philippines first surfaced in the 1990s when Lola Rosa broke a half-century of silence, exposing the unimaginable ordeal she went through during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines during World War II. But she wasn’t the only one. It is...
THE RIGHT MOVE The heat index in Metro Manila reached an all time high of 50 degrees last week. Prior to this, 145 students were reported to have been affected in Occidental Mindoro due to the intense heat. Records of the Department of Education show that seven of these students from San Jose...
THE RIGHT MOVE In what is perceived as a highly patriarchal society, a woman tops the list of top performing solons. The RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD), in its latest study dubbed as “Boses ng Bayan” has named Maguindanao and Cotabato City’s 1st District Representative in...
There is a slight increase in the number of new Covid-19 cases in the Philippines but this is not a cause for concern at this time, an official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, April 14. Recently, the Department of Health (DOH) monitored an uptick in the number of new Covid-19...
THE RIGHT MOVE With all the news of civil wars abroad and the alliances of nations being made, the thought of war is not far from a lot of people’s minds. Hence, mandating the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) has been a hot topic lately. The ROTC is “tasked to train and develop college...
THE RIGHT MOVE After years of lobbying for the national government to focus on suicide as a silent killer, we now have more legislators as well as agencies other than the Department of Health (DOH), paying closer attention to mental health. The stigma on mental health problems has seemed to have...
THE RIGHT MOVE As we celebrate Women’s Month, allow me to honor some of the pioneering women in contemporary Philippine society starting with the arts. While some may regard art as a mere indulgence, we have to remember that art in all its forms is actually one of the fundamentals in a society....
