That’s The Spirit

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:10:04 +0000

  THE release of 2018 first semester poverty statistics by the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) last week was met with more negative reactions particularly from civil society organizations that advocate poverty alleviation. As the released statistics show “better” poverty situation in the country compared to same period in 2015, anti-poverty advocates question the accuracy of […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:30:34 +0000

  IN last week’s campaign sortie of the senatorial candidates supported by his Administration in Marikina City, President Rodrigo Duterte said what exactly should be the philosophy of every citizen in a democratic society – “you are who you elect.” Said philosophy should be taken in its dual contexts – “you” in the context of […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 16:10:26 +0000

  LEVELING the competition field for the election of government officials goes into the heart of democracy and democratic representation. National and local government executives and legislators are direct trustees of the people as they are chosen to use the people’s power and resources in advancing the interests of the people and the country. A […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:10:39 +0000

  WE are again seeing and experiencing the ef­fects of the Supreme Court ruling that effectively erased the concept of premature campaigning from our coun­try’s election system when it decided that a person can only be considered a candi­date for election during the campaign period provided for in our election law. One of the effects […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:30:26 +0000

  WHO should we vote for in the May 13, 2019 elec­tions? We should not vote for candidates solely for the reason that they will most likely win. We all want to win in everything we engage ourselves in. With such desire, some us fall into the trap of voting based solely on the winnability […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:30:43 +0000

  IS there pork barrel in the 2019 national budget even if the Supreme Court already ruled that the same is unconstitutional? It is best that the individuals and groups from the opposite sides of this issue define first what they mean by “pork barrel.” The Supreme Court ruled that the former Countrywide Development Fund […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:10:12 +0000

  THE San Beda University, led by its President, Very Rev­erend Aloysius Ma. A. Maranan, OSB and Dean Christian Bryan Bustamante, established The Venerable Bede Distinguished Public Lecture Series. The first of its series, The Senator Edgardo J. Angara Memorial Public Lecture on Public Policy, was held last February 8 in San Beda University Manila […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:20:18 +0000

  THE much talked about propos­al in the House of Representa­tives about lowering the “age of criminal responsibility” from 15 to nine now has a substantially dif­ferent content (after its Second Reading) as the debated age was changed to 12 and the term “crim­inal” was changed to “social.” Even with such changes, there are still […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:10:34 +0000

    THE worsening Acquired Im­munodeficiency Virus Infec­tion and Acquired Immune De­ficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) problem in our country is real. According to the Department of Health (DoH), there were more than 11 thousand new HIV/AIDS cases in our country in 2017. Given the social media phe­nomenon and its negative effect of becoming a platform that […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 18:05:14 +0000

    SENATE Bill No. 1822 – a pro­posal for the establishment of mandatory motorcycle safety training program and the provision of related penalties – is one fine example of responsive legislation. The proposal is authored by Sena­tor Joseph Victor G. Ejercito. The increase in the number of motorcycles through the country is evident. As […]