Reasons behind
As the nationwide Barangay and SK elections draw near, the integrity of the electoral system is being challenged as candidates seemingly cannot do away with vote-buying activities. While the intent to win over voters...
Beauty spoiler
Much as we commend the exceedingly improved physical appearance of the renowned San Juanico bridge with the lighting effects that have been installed along its sides, we cannot also deny the fact that its...
Food crisis in the offing
The world’s population is growing rapidly and is expected to reach 10 billion people by 2050, which means that food production will have to increase by 50% to feed everyone. But achieving this would...
Not solely due to climate change
Moving the opening of classes from June to September stirred much excitement among students from grade school to college. The immediate thought was that, for the time being, this will protract the summer vacation,...
On feeding program budget
The move of the Senate to increase the Department of Education (DepEd) budget for school feeding from P3.97-billion to P7.58-billion is commendable enough but it could have ill-effects and disadvantages if the program implementation...