FINDING ANSWERS RA 7277, officially known as the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, became law in 1992 during my first term as senator. The law we crafted to improve the total well-being of Persons with Disability (PWD) defined disability as “a physical or mental impairment that substantially...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina The intent to build a million homes a year under the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Program is certainly laudable amid the enormous housing shortage at present. As I’ve said previously, the success of the socialized housing program would...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina The war on drugs “will continue but in a more focused way,” President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said in his recent New York meeting with the Asia Society which also tackled the issue of human rights. “What we can do is to examine and...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina I was among the more than 8,000 ecstatic fans at the Rizal Memorial Stadium last Sunday who witnessed how the Philippine women’s national football team, now called the Filipinas, won the 2022 ASEAN Football Federation Women’s Championship. It was...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Controlling the soaring prices of food and transport fuel costs is indisputably a gut issue that worries most Filipinos especially the poor. The country’s headline inflation rate of 6.1 percent for June 2022 reported recently by the Philippine...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina It is undeniable that most Filipinos are optimists who believe that every New Year always brings renewed hope. The perennial sense of optimism, which can be high even among those who felt Christmas was so sad, has been shown in various surveys...
FINDING ANSWER Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina Enlightenment is essential and an enlightened citizenry is crucial in attaining prosperity for all Filipinos. This conclusion can be reached as one contemplates on the thinking of Dr. Jose Rizal whose martyrdom 125 years ago will be commemorated by a...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina Christmas is usually the most joyous time of the year when love and compassion binds humanity with abundance of generosity and reconciliation. And this year’s yuletide season ought to be no different. Now is an opportune time to let the Christmas...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina Is democracy inherently dysfunctional and double-edged? If it’s true that “democracies can deliver by improving the lives of their own people,” how come the Philippines, called the oldest democracy in Asia, faltered miserably? Can democracy...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina The sudden emergence of the new Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus did not come as a surprise to health experts who have warned against the perils of lagging efforts to vaccinate 70 percent of the world population. With large swaths of the planet...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina After two weeks of wrangling, 197 countries adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact with advocates divided on whether the recently-concluded COP26 climate summit was a success, a failure, or simply somewhere in between. The climate agreement brokered by...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina It’s not as spectacular as the conversion of St. Paul who was transformed from being the most intense persecutor of early Christians to one of the most ardent followers of Jesus, but it’s remarkable nevertheless. The recent news that my good...
