That’s The Spirit

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:15:34 +0000

  PART II THE “paid training” for would-be drivers is seen by many as an anti-poor policy of the LTO. The training provision of LTO, through its planned driving schools of its own, is not free. While LTO is designing these schools to charge lower than their private counter­parts, it will still entail costs to […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:00:14 +0000

  THE 2nd Senator Edgardo J. An­gara Memorial Public Lecture on Public Policy of San Beda University’s The Venerable Bede Distinguished Public Lecture Series scheduled today, February 4, will discuss on combating climate change and its impact, a very timely topic given the recent devastating global disasters at the start of the year 2020 causing […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:00:37 +0000

  IN last week’s article, I asserted that with the resilience and strong bayanihan spirit of Filipinos, there is no doubt that we can rise above any disaster or calamity. In this article, I want to highlight the bayanihan spirit of Filipinos and how, in the current crisis in Batangas caused by the eruption and […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:45:53 +0000

  THERE is no doubt that our country, particularly our local government units (LGUs), has improved disaster management now compared to some 10 or 15 years back. The management system that includes the tapping of Quick Response (or Calamity) Fund, the established evacuation centers, the operations of local disaster man­agement councils, and the inter­ventions from […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:45:21 +0000

  TAX-EXEMPT income earned from rendered overtime services? A difference-making break for con­cerned employees. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto is proposing, through Senate Bill No. 601, to revise the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 specifically to exempt the income earned by employees both in the public and private sectors for overtime work from being […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:15:40 +0000

PART I   THE destruction of the environ­ment, including the death of aquatic resources, should not be the price for the convenience given by the use of plastic products. While plastic products have made modern living more convenient (and even less costly to some ex­tent), the negative effects of plastic use on the environment, which […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:30:05 +0000

  FOUR-DAY workweek as a mea­sure to ease the monstrous vehicular traffic problem in Metro Manila? Will this measure work? The four-day workweek is not a novel idea. This measure was al­ready introduced and implement­ed years back as a cost-cutting intervention for the government. Though its implementation in most government agencies were only for a […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:15:26 +0000

  THERE are many issues in our society that can be ad­dressed without appropriating additional budget but by simply rationalizing the use of available resources. The negative effect of the Rice Tariffication Law on the price of local palay and the consequent adverse economic impact to local rice farmers are issues that need to be […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 16:15:06 +0000

  OUR country’s current prob­lem about the African Swine Fever (ASF) is far from over. The recent disclosure of ASF-contaminated processed meat products and the re­porting of ASF infections in more places in the country indicate that our country has not succeeded in containing the virus. While it is clear that the gov­ernment is doing […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:45:10 +0000

  THREE Filipino athletes are currently on the spotlight for bringing honor to the Philippines when they won their respective international competitions – Car­los Yulo became the first Filipino to win gold in the Artistic Gym­nastics World Championships and secured a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Nesthy Petecio won the featherweight belt in the […]