BETTER DAYS Last week several jeepney organizations staged a nationwide transport strike to protest the implementation of the public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program. Under the modernization program, the ubiquitous jeepneys that have been around since the end of the second World War,...
'TOL VIEWS More than two weeks after MT Princess Empress’ descent, it’s still a race against time to contain the spillage in Oriental Mindoro. Each day the sunken vessel continues to leak oil underneath equates to life snuffed out of the sea. Threats to marine life and biodiversity continue to...
FINDING ANSWERS Nearly nothing else may be as repulsive as the slaughter of helpless children like what happened in Cavite last week. Watching TV news on the OFW mother describing the circumstances of the tragedy, one can feel the anguish she must have felt upon hearing on her cellphone her...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, March 15 welcomed the indictment of suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gerald Bantag and former deputy security officer Ricardo Zulueta for two counts murder over the killing of broadcast journalist Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa. “The...
Senator Cynthia Villar has pushed for assistance to residents who are affected by the damage caused by the oil spill from MT Empress Princess which sank off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro last Feb. 28. The oil spill in the province would surpass the devastation caused by the 2006 Guimaras oil...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) should dismantle all existing private armies throughout the country. Ejercito noted that the suspects in the assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo used...
The conviction of a dismissed Caloocan policeman for the murders of teenagers Carl Angelo Arnaiz and Reynaldo “Kulot” De Guzman is a “partial victory,” at least, for the victims in the brutal drug war killings during the term of President Rodrigo Duterte. “While laudable, it...
Promoting innovation and Filipino excellence, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda has expressed her commitment to nurturing local creativity during the 2nd Philippine Creative Industries Summit hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The Summit, according to Legarda, serves as...
A resolution asking the Marcos government to seek reparations for the country’s wartime victims of sexual violence by the Japanese armed forces has been filed in the Senate. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, in filing Senate Resolution No. 539, urged the Philippine government to immediately fulfill its...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs has postponed its scheduled hearing this week on the series of political killings happening in the country following the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said they have decided to defer...
A bill mandating the establishment of polling precincts exclusively for senior citizens and accessible for persons with disabilities (PWDs) has been filed in the Senate. Senate Bill No. 1642, filed by Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada specifically seeks to amend Republic Act No. 10366,...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano commended Senator Pia Cayetano for getting elected to the Inter-Parliamentary Union's (IPU) Standing Committee on UN Affairs. Senator Cayetano, who is in Bahrain for the 146th IPU Assembly, bagged the position of the Asia-Pacific Group (APG) representative to the...
