Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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Now what?

The Philippines, on a resupply mission to its World War II Sierra Madre vessel on Ayungin Shoal on Sunday, has filed yet another diplomatic...

Fortifying our coastal defenses

The Philippine Coast Guard is taking another step in the right direction by continuing to beef up its workforce so it can more effectively...

A clarion call

Monday this week, the world remembered 2.4 billion people in water-stressed nations, particularly the small farmers, women, Indigenous People and refugees as the most...

Children suffer most from disasters

We Filipinos take pride in our resilience or the ability to bounce back from disasters, whether natural or man-made. But what we apparently don’t readily...

Swift, decisive action needed

Extreme weather events like heat waves, droughts and floods are getting worse in all the continents. They are exceeding plants’ and animals’ tolerance thresholds, driving...

Crackdown on economic sabotage

Forget that old adage about hitting two birds with one stone, it’s not bird-friendly at all. Let’s just say we’re getting two for the price...

Strong message

We agree  the decision of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to knock down the floating barriers China placed at the entrance to Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal...

No more ‘secret’ funds?

The power of the purse is vested in Congress. All appropriation, revenue or tariff bills, and bills authorizing increase of the public debt, shall originate...

Protecting human rights defenders

If human rights defenders are an endangered species, Senator Risa Hontiveros believes what they need is adequate protection from harassment and prosecution. The lawmaker has...

Tougher sanctions on agri smugglers

Are the days of smugglers and hoarders of agricultural crops numbered? That’s a likely possibility with the recent move of the Marcos administration to certify...

New deal for farmers

Will the lives of more than 610,000 farmer-beneficiaries of the government’s agrarian reform program improve significantly in the years ahead with the New Agrarian...

Beat them up

Something must be done. And done fast. People who monkey around the government’s Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) should have the book thrown at them posthaste. We...

To the point

The President was in the right forum when he said Southeast Asian countries must oppose the dangerous use of coast guard and maritime militia...

Why not a US-funded port in Batanes?

Late last month, a wire news report indicated the United States military is holding talks with the Philippine government to develop a civilian port...
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