Editorial

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:45:46 +0000

  SINCE the Wuhan coronavirus crisis began last December 31, 2019, the Philippine government has been quick to ensure that the country is safe from the new disease that has already spread to some countries around the globe. The Department of Health (DoH) said 11 foreign nationals – Chinese, Americans, Germans, and Brazilians – were […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:30:56 +0000

  THE Supreme Court dismissed detained Sen. Leila de Lima’s petition for habeas data to protect her from President Duterte’s alleged threats and verbal attacks, in a decision released last Wednesday. The decision was made by the Supreme Court sitting en banc on October 15, 2019, with all 13 justices concurring. It was signed by […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 06:52:09 +0000

  THE good news – so welcome at a time when there are so many reports of natural calamities here and violence and a fast-spreading virus abroad – is that Metro Manilans and other customers of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will enjoy a reduction in their electric power bills this January. Power rates this […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:15:16 +0000

  THE courier and freight business in the Philippines has become a R36-billion indus­try, linked to the growth of on-line sales in the country, which in turn is part of the booming worldwide online shopping market. This global online shopping market is predicted to hit $4 trillion in 2020, with the United States consumers leading […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:30:34 +0000

  IN accordance with the annual progression of seasons in the Philippines, we will soon be in the middle of the hot rainless summer months. Last year, we had people in the Manila Water-served eastern part of Metro Manila lining up with pails for water from firetrucks as the water in Angat Dam hit emergency […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:15:49 +0000

  UNITED States President Donald Trump has invited President Duterte to visit the US and attend a summit among the leaders of the US and the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The invitation was first extended during the ASEAN-US meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, last November, 2019. The US reiterated the […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:00:49 +0000

  A NUMBER of bills have been filed in the Senate to help barangay chairmen, kagawads, and other officials of this frontline service of the government. One bill authored by Sen. Manuel Lapid provides for social security and non-monetary benefits for all barangay officials as well as workers and volunteers, including education, training, and skills […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:00:45 +0000

  SHORTLY after he was handed the job of cleaning up Manila Bay, Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it would take at least 10 years to do it. He had just accomplished the cleaning up of Boracay after six months, but he saw the problem in Manila […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 07:24:37 +0000

  TWO weeks from today, the Democratic Party of the United States begins its state-by-state selection of delegates who will choose the party’s presidential candidate to face the Republican Party’s reelectionist President Donald Trump. Iowa is the first of the 50 US states to make its choice on February 3, followed by New Hampshire on […]