NFA to stop selling cheap rice

Inquirer.net 12/19/2018

Agriculture chief says gov’t ‘cannot afford subsidized rice anymore’ The National Food Authority (NFA) will stop the sale of its subsidized rice once all its approved imports are depleted next year, according to the agriculture chief. During…

PWC: ‘Toxic masculinity’ cannot be tolerated

Inquirer.net 11/25/2018

“NOW, more than ever, is the best time to recommit ourselves to uphold women’s rights.” The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) issued this statement late Saturday in time for the 18-day campaign to end violence against women,…

CPPO chief: Deaths cannot be avoided in war against drugs

Nestle L. Semilla 06/27/2018

CASUALTIES cannot be avoided in an intensified campaign against illegal drugs, said a top official of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO). Senior Supt. Manuel Abrugena, CPPO director, said that casualties are a natural occurrence especially when…

Identity of suspects cannot be established

Nestle L. Semilla 05/22/2018

LOOT AMBUSH UNTIL now, police are facing a blank wall as to the identities of the persons who ambushed Daanbantayan Mayor Vicente Loot and his family last May 13. And without any witnesses who could accurately describe…

Demolition cannot solve contamination

NESTOR B. RAMIREZ 04/17/2018

The presence of informal settlers in the coastal areas of Lapu-Lapu City is inarguably one big concern that the local government unit (LGU) should address but it is also unfair that they would be the first to…

Promises to labor

Editorial 05/02/2017

There’s something to look forward to with President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement of new programs for the country’s labor sector, particularly his proposed bank for overseas workers and promise to end contractualization once and for all. At a…

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