Despicable standard
It's a disturbing reality that getting a decent job often requires a litany of credentials: a college degree, professional licenses, years of experience, and multiple clearances. Yet, to run for political office, including the...
Impose Strict monitoring
In a country where typhoons, earthquakes, and other natural calamities occur frequently, only the most resilient structures can safeguard lives and properties. Anything less than strict adherence to high construction standards and thorough inspections...
A failure in practice
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s claim in his SONA 2025 that government hospitals are now implementing zero balance billing is discredited by the lived experiences of patients and the warnings of health workers. It is...
Unrelenting Rains
Recently, Eastern Visayas has been battered by unrelenting rains with disastrous consequences to all facets of everyday life, agriculture, and infrastructure, submerging some communities under floodwaters. Though rain is essential to water-crop lifelines, these...
Mounting losses
The temporary closure of the San Juanico Bridge has created a costly disruption in the movement of people and goods between Samar and Leyte. It is not a minor inconvenience—it is a debilitating blow...
Embracing enemies
In our country now, people who consider themselves enemies of the state are being allowed to run for high government seats. These long-time enemies of the democratic system, who slay men in uniform, destroyed...