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Beyond the Fault Line: Why the Philippines’ Next National Crisis Won’t Be Just an Earthquake
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For decades, the term “The Big One” has triggered a singular, terrifying image in the minds of Filipinos: the movement of the West Valley Fault and a catastrophic earthquake flattening Metro Manila. We map the fault lines, we retrofit our condos in BGC and Makati, and we run the Shake…
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[Press Release] Local IT group develops solution seen to unclog judiciary’s congested dockets
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A case management system (CMS) developed by an all-Filipino IT company is being seen as a template that will resolve the Philippine judiciary’s congested dockets. The CMS, called CMIS 2.0, developed by local IT company Ideyatech, is now installed at the Court of Appeals (CA). According to Ideyatech, the CMIS 2.0…
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[Special Report] The nation weeps for the mayor in slippers
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He was the mayor who wore slippers even while in his office at the Naga City Hall. He walked along the streets of his beloved city in sandals. The plain white shirt and denims, along with rubber slippers or sandals, endeared the late Jesse Robredo, who later would become the…
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Houseboy commits suicide after killing woman employer and her family
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A houseboy has killed his woman employer, her two children, and her one-month-old niece, before killing himself, early Wednesday, at St. Jude Subdivision, Valenzuela City, according to an Inquirer.com news report. The victims were single mother Verna Castro, 36; daughter Hanna, 15; son Samuel David, 6, and baby Phoebie de…
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Antibiotics could lead to child obesity, study says
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Recent findings published in the International Journal of Obesity had revealed that the intake of antibiotics in babies before six months of age could make them chubby children, the Agence France-Presse reported. The experiment involved 11,532 children born in the Avon Region in Britain who were said to be participating…
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Tip-off leads to successful raid on illegal logging in Agusan del Sur
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Operatives of the Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force (AILTF) and members of the Army’s 26th Infantry Battalion, with the aid of local police units, seized a total of 62 cubic meters of assorted and illegally cut logs composed of mixed dipterocarp (or the local lauan) red and white, almon, tangile, bagtikan,…
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Robredo and 2 pilots bodies’ found
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The bodies of Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo and two pilots were found morning of Tuesday, August 21, three days after their plane crashed off the coast of Masbate. Piper Seneca plane with tail number RP-C4431 crashed off the coast of Masbate at around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, August 18.…
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Reproductive Health Bill: Real Meat or Myth
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Manila streets are no stranger to children taking risks to sell sampaguita strings, cigarettes, candies, and rags. Oh yes, we are no stranger to stories they share while they try to earn a living for their family. I’ve had enough of people gushing, “How could their mother bear the sight…
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Robredo’s plane crashes; search and rescue continues
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Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jessie Robredo has not been found yet as of Sunday evening, contrary to false information surfacing over the internet that his body has been recovered. Officials and other concerned individuals have appealed through their social media Twitter accounts not to spread false information…
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