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Beware of fake OTC meds

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a timely and appropriate warning to the public against buying counterfeit over-the-counter medication manufactured by a local...

Proposed Magna Carta for Seafarers

Congress first passed a proposed Magna Carta for Seafarers bill 10 years ago. But this proposed law that seeks to protect the rights and welfare...

More FDIs should be tapped

While the Marcos Jr. administration has been unrelenting in efforts to tap foreign investments through official and working visits to several countries since assuming...

Drug war probe: Better late than never

The inquiry by the House committee on human rights on the bloody war on drugs waged by the Rodrigo Duterte administration from 2016 to...

House passes divorce bill

After weeks of plenary debates, the bill allowing absolute divorce in the Philippines has been approved by the House of Representatives. This is a welcome...

Open internet access

Only around 33 percent of Filipino households have access to fixed—or wired—internet, according to a World Bank report. If that’s accurate, then we have...

Visa rules for Chinese nationals

There will be no stricter visa rules and regulations for Chinese nationals wanting to enter the country, only stricter scrutiny of visa requirements. That’s the...

Reclamation projects: Good or bad?

Earlier this month, two environmental groups, Pamalakaya and Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment, filed administrative charges against officials of the Philippine Reclamation Authority...

Gagging red-tagging

Now that the Supreme Court has spoken, perhaps those who have been engaged in ‘red-tagging,’ or the act of branding political activists and critics...

Bracing for La Niña

While El Niño remains active and expected to persist until end of this month, climate models suggest a transition to neutral conditions in May-June...

PH-Vietnam cooperation on SCS row

In January this year, the Philippines and Vietnam agreed to boost cooperation between their coast guards and work to prevent incidents in disputed parts...

New arbitration case vs. China

Take China to arbitration court once again, this time to make it accountable for the destruction of the environment in the west Philippine Sea. That’s...

Gov’t anti-poverty programs need scaling up

If four out of 10 Filipino families in the country consider themselves “poor” based on the results of the latest Social Weather Stations survey,...

Expanded military cooperation with allies

United we stand, divided we fall. This adage has been attributed to the ancient Greek storyteller Aesop. But there’s a similar phrase in the Bible: “And...
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