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In my interpellation of the CHED budget, I cited last year’s annual per student cost. The rough calculation was on a per regional basis and I agree that data should be unbundled per school to have a clearer picture. I hope that my rudimentary presentation triggers a healthy

No state university or college should get a budget cut. The amount in the proposed budget should be retained, and will be benchmarked as the floor, meaning it can still be increased. Calls for academic freeze will not be met with a funding brake. The correct response is not to

In a country that sits atop the earthquake corridor and is the doormat to the typhoon alley, it is but inevitable that disasters become macroeconomic assumptions of the national budget. Typhoons, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions do not only rearrange the lay of the land,

If the DTI-attached Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) is the designated COVID-19 vaccine buyer, then it should waive its customary 1 percent to 4 percent service fee. This is not the time to reap a pandemic windfall. When private corporations are waiving fees

Our man in Washington DC is well-positioned to help steer our country’s interest through whatever changes a Democratic White House would bring to PH-US relations. Long before he allowed himself to be conscripted for foreign service, Ambassador Babes Romualdez already had enough

I wish General Galvez good luck on his additional assignment as vaccine czar. No mission is tougher and no stake is higher than providing vaccines for all. But that burden is too heavy for one man to bear. This is not a job for one Superman. He has to assemble his Justice League.

The temporary absence of Red Cross testing distorts the national COVID picture. One in four RT-PCR tests is done by the PNRC. The absence of PNRC deflates the infection rate, making any dip in the reported number of verified cases an artificial decline. If PNRC stops testing

This is just a pit stop in Alan’s long career. He will be back—I doubt if he’ll ever leave the political scene as a leading voice. It will be ages before we will come to read the requiem for this heavyweight. Not today. His stint as House leader may be short, but it was

The plight of Reina and River should not be allowed to happen again. Their tragedy should be a teachable moment for all of us – that a jailed mother should not be denied to visit her terminally sick child. A Person Deprived of Liberty should be allowed to comfort a loved one

Kung ang halaga ng Beep Card ay P80, katumbas lang ito ng government fare subsidy sa isang MRT passenger na sasakay sa Cubao papuntang Baclaran at pabalik. Isang round trip lang. Saan aabot ang P80 pesos? Kung ito ay Beep Card at ibibigay sa bus and jeepney riders, maaring one to