Despite the recent decision of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) to temporarily halt the shipment of local sugar output to the United States, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri still proceeded to tell the agency to make sure the country will have enough supply of the sweetener for this year....
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Desperate times call for desperate measures. And the worsening public health crisis has intensified the desperation felt by many Filipinos. Thus, leaders of the country's top business and industry groups, including doctors’ and other professional...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina “To experience Lent with love means caring for those who suffer or feel abandoned and fearful because of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Pope Francis said in his Lenten message for 2021. As we take time to deepen our Christian faith with our Holy Week...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara The recent Decoding Global Talent survey by JobStreet has revealed some interesting employment trends amid the pandemic. For one, there is a global downtrend observed in people’s willingness to work abroad. Where in the 2018 edition of the survey 57 percent of...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina The next two weeks are critical. With the worst of the pandemic now upon us especially in the National Capital Region and nearby provinces, it is imperative that the continuing surge in coronavirus infections is suppressed. The upsurge in COVID-19...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Last February, in anticipation of International Women’s Day on March 8 and National Women’s Month here in the Philippines, Grant Thornton International released its 2021 Women in Business report. The Philippines topped the said study for the second...
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...
