Opinions and Editorials

PUNCHLINE By FRED M. LOBO President Duterte ordered gov’t agencies to speedily implement measures to address COVID-19 outbreak using the ₱200-billion emergency social protection fund. Prioritize…

CHANGING WORLD By DR. BERNARDO M. VILLEGAS In the Philippines in which 50 percent of the population are less than 23 years, it is also…

“The next  coronavirus crisis will be a shortage of doctors and nurses” – so ran a report last Thursday in the United States where the…

METRO CORNER By ERIK ESPINA Part of the crisis in our communities is the lack of alcohol and hand-sanitizers for “personal-hygiene.” In public/private establishments (restaurants,…

MEDIUM RARE By JULLIE Y. DAZA Romeo and Juliet were possibly the most famously tragic victims of a lockdown. They fell in love at first…

OF TREES AND FOREST By FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT MANNY VILLAR Part of the recommended basic protective measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus is…