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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:00:44 +0000

  WHAT used to be a potent politi­cal dissent outlet, the number of protests and rallies has unbelievably hit low. The rambunctious noises and red-colored streamers that pervaded the streets when perceived abuses grip the nation are almost gone. The most intriguing part, though, is the decline in passion that the public have demonstrated towards […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:00:49 +0000

  THE health issues buffeting the world community today are sure to create far-ranging global implications and will slowly affect the socio-economic condi­tion in countries already distressed by the menace. Experts expect the worse if the contagion is not contained. On the side, the fate of thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in regions where […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:00:22 +0000

    IF there is anything that really raises the temper of many Filipinos today, it’s the rising involvement in crimes of Chinese nationals in the country. Working in Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) outlets, these foreigners have distorted Filipino society’s sense of peace and order. They have also unnecessarily implicated and dishonored law-abiding Filipino-Chinese. […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000

  ABOUT a million devotees and tourists at­tended this year’s colorful and decidedly successful Kalibo Ati–atihan Festival in Aklan, under the able direction of Kalibo Mayor Em­erson S. Lachica. Considered as the Mother of all Philippine festivals in terms of its ethnic uniqueness, long history and tradition, the Kalibo Ati–atihan stands out as one of […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:15:03 +0000

  “WHEN it rains, it pours,” goes the adage which happily applies to Bicol and all Bicolanos this year. Finally, after a long delay and wait, the P4.8 billion Bicol International Airport (BIA) in Daraga, will eventually open this year. The blessing is further made joyful by the con­struction kick-off for the equally vital P175-billion […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:30:02 +0000

  BRIDGES generally con­note progress. The proposed bridge connecting Caticlan and Boracay Island in Aklan, however, can lead to the Paradise Island’s destruction. The Conde Nast Traveler’s sur­vey for Readers’ Choice Award recently declared Boracay as Asia’s best island. The accolade adds to other recognitions of Bo­racay’s glamor and glitz that have made it a […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:15:00 +0000

  THIS week has been specially memorable for the provincial media. Amid the challenges they face and the dangers that come with the territory, hundreds converged in Kalibo and Boracay to at­tend the 24th PAPI National Press Congress. PAPI, which stands for Publishers Associations of the Philippines, Inc., is a robust society that embrac­es practically […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 11:05:57 +0000

    WITH the advent of internet and social media, the rural press, in its purest sense, has nearly lost the luster that made it the star of reportage in prior decades, af­fected no less by the redefinition of what brass-tacks newsgathering is all about. The significance of rural media, i.e., the provincial journalists, in […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:15:30 +0000

  RECENT separate reports from the World Meteorological Orga­nization (WMO), the UN Inter­national Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have all ranked the Philippines high among countries deemed vulnerable to climate change and the violent weather aberrations it spawns. This gives Filipinos a chilling fear, given the […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 16:15:37 +0000

  OVER the last few months, the country’s agriculture sector had to absorb a series of whammies it did not deserve. After the tariffica­tion law which abolished the state’s rice import monopoly, the industry had its worse ordeal in the African swine flu breakout. Then came the recent devastating tremors in Mindanao that affected thousands […]