The Department of Agriculture (DA) has been strongly urged to withdraw its proposal to reduce the tariff on pork imports as well as increase the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) allocation while the investigation on alleged “tongpats” is ongoing. Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) Chairman...
’TOL Views Senator Francis N. Tolentino This month formally marks the 500 years of the Spanish Inquisition in Asia, which first brought Christianity and Catholicism in the Philippines. Although the Inquisition had caused lives, persecutions, sufferings to the people, later to be known as...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina The trend is disturbing and our scientific researchers see it as a portent of horrific times ahead. For three days since last Friday, the three highest single-day tallies so far this year of COVID cases nationwide were reported – 4,578 new cases...
Despite his age, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo was able to do 41 push-ups in a relief distribution activity in Malate, Manila last week. Panelo did the push-ups after he was challenged by President Duterte's long-time aide Senator Bong Go. (SCREENSHOT FROM FACEBOOK) During the...
Lawmakers are now urging President Rodrigo Duterte to put the entire country under a state of emergency due to the prevalence of African Swine Fever (ASF), which has been consistently pushing pork prices higher to the detriment of meat-loving Filipinos. Such a call was made after industry leaders...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina It’s now exactly a year when in-person learning inside schools abruptly came to a halt starting in the National Capital Region and ultimately throughout the Philippines as the coronavirus pandemic raged. Plans for localized and limited face-to-face...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara The COVID-19 pandemic has caused much human suffering. But it has also catalyzed notable feats of human cooperation, ingenuity, and selflessness. Or as we put it succinctly—“bayanihan.” For instance, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and select...
Is President Duterte eyeing his former aide and now Senator Christopher Go as his possible successor? President Rodrigo Roa Duterte holds a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Matina Enclaves in Davao City on August 24, 2020....
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara According to February 24 Bloomberg data, some 213 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have already been administered in 95 countries. And with an average inoculation rate of 6.1 million a day, it was estimated that it will take 5.1 years before global herd immunity —...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Even though tomorrow’s commemoration of the 1986 People Power Revolution might be subdued as what has been happening these past few years, it’s my firm belief that never shall the EDSA spirit be lost on Filipinos. Indeed, no matter how that...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Last week, we wrote about the myriad ways the COVID-19 pandemic has made our youth even more vulnerable than before. Over the past year, this was manifested in increasing cases of online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC), teenage pregnancies, failure to...
James Leonard Tagle Gordon On February 20 this year, Olongapo celebrates the 54th death anniversary of its founding father, the man who championed freedom and justice, and who persevered until his untimely death to pursue his dream and his vision. As the city faces political, social, and economic...
