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“Never let a serious crisis go to waste” is a quote we hear repeated so often lately. The underlying message in current usage is that the drastic upheaval the COVID-19 crisis has brought upon us provides a…
Crisis, it’s been said, brings out the best and worst in people. There’s plenty of instances of that dichotomy in the way the country is responding to the ongoing eruption of Taal Volcano in Batangas, which, to…
The new year starts with a bit of good news for some 1.4 million civilian government employees: President Duterte signed last week the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) under which government employees, including public school teachers and nurses,…
Facts are inconvenient bastards. They don’t care about your feelings, as Ben Shapiro put it. You either have to put up with them, or ignore them at your own peril. Deny facts, and they have the habit…
On Monday, President Duterte again threatened to block the renewal of the broadcasting franchise of ABS-CBN. Speaking to earthquake victims in M’lang, Cotabato, Mr. Duterte addressed the network giant: “Mag-renew kayo, ewan ko lang kung may mangyari…
Put into law in September 24, 1972 through Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1, the Integrated Reorganization Plan (IRP) of the Executive Branch of the Government brought many changes in the conduct of governance in the country. Among…
Just how long will the displaced residents of Marawi City have to suffer neglect for a conflict caused by the failed intelligence work of the military and this administration? Two years after government forces routed the IS-affiliated…
“Much Ado About Nothing” is the title of a play by Shakespeare — and also a line that sums up last week’s trending firestorm over the Spanish animated film “Elcano y Magallanes: La primera vuelta al mundo.”…
At the recent 6th Philippine Farm Tourism Conference held at the Marco Polo Plaza in Cebu City I was pleasantly surprised to hear that big landlords from different places across the country had joined small farm holders,…
Let me clarify from the onset that I have high regard for the University of Cebu (UC) as an educational institution. It has created its name for quite a long time already. In fact, I remember that…
The Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearings on the loopholes of the Good Conduct Time Allowance GCTA law has taken an odd turn after Senator Richard Gordon, chairman of the committee invited former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group…
If there is anything that most ordinary people must have in order to prosper in life, it is to have a good paying and secure job. Paid work, according to the World Employment and Social Outlook…
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