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Kung maaari po sana na anumang bagong alituntunin sa traffic, lalo na sa coding sa Metro Manila, ay maipahiwatig sa lengwaheng simple at madaling maintidihan.  Maiiwasan din ang pagkalito ng mga motorista kung ang isasapubliko ay ang mga

Even though the President has expressed his views on the issue, this should not stop education stakeholders from fine-tuning the ways which will allow our young to learn amidst the pandemic without making them sick.  Finding alternatives to face-to-face instruction is like

With their robust remittances – P1.7 trillion last year – overseas Filipinos who are homeward bound have earned the right to be treated “as returning heroes who have sacrificed so much for their country,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “They deserve a red carpet

“No reading, no billing.” The simplest of formulas in computing utility usage is the most fair.  This is what water utilities should also use so they can avoid the public uproar which greeted one power utility’s guesstimate way of billing.  This must be the rule across

Almost one-third of a million teachers in private schools have had their salaries cut off or slashed, as the pandemic has also hit the finances of non-government educational institutions, two Cabinet members told senators yesterday. Upon questioning by Senate

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today called for Senate action on his bill condoning all the debts farmers incurred in owning lands under the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). He made the appeal following the approval by the House of

Hiring contact tracers “is a good way to stop the second wave of the pandemic from coming and to stem the tsunami of joblessness,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said.  Recto said such a “cash-for-work” scheme should be the template in providing emergency

Community-owned water districts should be included in the economic assistance government is packaging, “because these frontline utilities supply a basic need for which there is no substitute,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said.  “Kung walang tubig, paano

“Test, track and treat” are not the only concerns of workers. Travel and transport are, too. They can only get back to work if they can go to places of work safely without COVID hitching a ride. But the new normal in the pandemic world calls for public transport with reduced