Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina FINDING ANSWERS Restricting access to the Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) of government officials is against the Constitution and the implementing law passed in 1989 when I was a member of the Eighth Congress. I need to stress the point amid...
Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina FINDING ANSWERS With many unprecedented challenges facing our education system this school year 2020-2021 in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, it is understandable why some people feel jittery. Despite assurances from the Department of Education that nationwide...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Will the United States of America break up into a white and colored country? Now, more than ever, the degree of divisiveness is getting clearer. Eventually, as the polarization sharpens, the conservatives in the US will not act on the deep-seated issue...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina These are difficult times and the near future is beset with uncertainties as the coronavirus pandemic continues its rampage. Around 5.2 million Filipino families or 20.9 percent of the population found themselves with nothing to eat at least for once...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. It’s one of the longest words in the English language and it may mean something so wonderful and extremely good. Being so, one may relate it to the awaited coronavirus vaccine being developed — the long road...
FINDING ANSWERS Despite all the lockdowns and stringent measures already laid out, how come we have not flattened the curve of the coronavirus that continues to spread widely? I dare say the fault lies in enforcement. And I say this based on my experience tackling the SARS epidemic in 2003 when I...
FINDING ANSWERS President Duterte’s swift decision to put Metro Manila and the provinces of Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, and Bulacan under the stricter modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from Aug. 4 to 18 is a welcome development for our medical community. While it was short of the ECQ or...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina With July being Nutrition Month, it is imperative to refocus attention on the gnawing hunger and malnutrition of impoverished Filipino children who are prone to more suffering as the coronavirus crisis rages on. Each day, around 95 children in our...
FINDING ANSWERS It’s no secret that I’m deeply saddened by the fate of ABS-CBN whose franchise renewal was denied by a congressional committee. Having spent the past 18 years as host of the top-rating teleradyo program Sagot Ko ‘Yan on Sunday mornings, and as co-host of Magpayo Nga...
FINDING ANSWERS At the outset, let me state that I’m all for increasing the salary of our dedicated and hardworking civil servants. For those who toil honestly by the sweat of their brow, who serve the general public well and sometimes beyond the call of duty, who put into their work much more...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina The recent death of Jeanelyn Padernal Villavende that triggered the ongoing deployment ban of newly hired domestic workers to Kuwait highlights anew the plight of many OFWs facing horrible conditions abroad. “When will this inhumane treatment...
