What ails the LTO?
"All this, however, will be impossible to achieve if the DOTr and LTO do not each other see eye to eye" Last week, Jay Art...
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Resurrecting the Philippine Constabulary
"The other issue to resolve is will a resurrected PC go back as part of the AFP or will it stand alone under a new...
Read moreThe military pension debate
"It would do well for Secretary Diokno to look up the incentives, benefits and other remunerations of other countries in the region to see how...
Read moreGeneral Acorda’s advice
The Philippine National Police is now 31 years old. Before the PNP, we had the PC/INP with Philippine Constabulary as the national police force and...
Read moreMitigating global warming and climate change
"In the end, doing the right thing is what is needed not like what one official who funded a flood control project worth hundreds of...
Read moreEDCA and beyond
"There is no question that EDCA caught the Chinese by surprise and did not expect the developments to move so fast" We do not know...
Read moreThe pilferage of confiscated illegal drugs
"General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. should not worry too much about his legacy" Any time high ranking police officers are accused of involvement in illegal drugs,...
Read morePassing the new ROTC law
"For those who do not want ROTC, the NSTP can be maintained but made tougher so that no one gets a free ride" It looks...
Read moreFVR’s 95th birth anniversary
"When FVR died a few months ago, the country did not only lose a true patriot but also a quintessential public servant" Last Saturday, March...
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ANTIPOLO—The top guns aim to get into the heat of the battle early but the lesser lights seek to squeeze...
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The Philippine team which finished runner up in the recent Co-ed Slow Pitch Softball Asia Cup will tell its journey...
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MOSCOW—Russia said Monday it had repelled “a large-scale offensive” by Ukrainian forces in Moscow-annexed Donetsk, as fighting intensified along their...
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BALASORE, India—Passenger and freight trains were running again on Monday at the site of India’s deadliest train disaster in decades,...
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LONDON—Prince Harry will become the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for more than a century when...
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