Yellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III FREEPIK Oh, mother, mother, I am sick, Call the doctor very quick! Doctor, doctor, shall I die? Tell my mama do not cry — Yoyoy Villame’s variation of a kindergarten song Our people are...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III Said President Rodrigo Duterte: “Perhaps our number one problem today is COVID.” The President is tentative in his pronouncement by adding the adverb “perhaps” in his statement. His...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III President Rodrigo Duterte said: “Kaya ko mamatay, mahulog sa eroplano. [I can now die, fall from an airplane.] I am very happy. Alam mo bakit? [You know why?] Without declaring martial law,...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Eddie Dorotan The COVID-19 Action Network (CAN) is a network of organizations and individuals working to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the Philippines. It was organized in the first quarter of this year to...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III The CREATE bill (Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act) has drawn sharp criticism from some economists. A major if not principal criticism is about the accelerated...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Sally and Gerry Bulatao NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION Reverting the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) from the Office of the President (OP) to the Department of Agriculture (DA) is an important matter...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III That we are fighting a global war is often used as a way to describe the fight against COVID-19. One cannot tackle the death and devastation caused by the pandemic devoid of emotion. The...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Soliman M. Santos, Jr. These are initial notes relevant to, not a comprehensive assessment of, the new Anti-Terrorism Bill (ATB, Senate Bill No. 1083/ House Bill No. 6875) poised to be passed as “The Anti-Terrorism...
Read MoreFULL STATEMENT - AER Statement on the Duterte Administration’s COVID-19 Recovery...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III Imposing and extending the lockdown or the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is a difficult choice to make. The biggest casualty is the economy. That the Philippine economy (and for the...
Read MoreBy Marjorie Muyrong and Jerik Cruz WHAT SHOULD our COVID-19 “new normal” look like? As economic stimulus bills for the pandemic are now being debated in Congress, questions on how the Philippine economy will be transformed in...
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