Author: Amianan Balita Ngayon

The Arrival of Vaccines

Finally it has begun. After several weeks of hope and anticipation the much touted COVID-19 vaccines to shield humanity against the worldwide pandemic is slowly trickling in and reaching the shores of our country. Just this Thursday here in the city the Department of Health/Center for Health Development-Cordillera Administrative Region received its share of 7,800 […]

Clarity of Action

The national government for once has openly declared, with forceful and deliberate intent, that it will exert all effort to finally put an end to the threat of the CPPNPA in the country. This is inevitable really considering that for almost half a century the CPP-NPA had been engaging in a war of attrition that […]

The Race to Safety

Everyone seems to heaving a sigh of relief at the news that finally a vaccine or several vaccines actually, are already being made available to inoculate the public against the coronavirus disease. This is a game changer in the truest sense and if it is proven through actual implementation that these vaccines are indeed effective […]

Closer Together amid the Pandemic

Absolutely nothing prepared us for the onslaught of the COVID19 pandemic. An insidious, deadly, and unseen enemy that has already enveloped much of the known world. All developed nations, those with available resources and technology, are currently competing with each other, either in collaborative partnership or unilateral action, in a race to find an effective […]

Managing a Pandemic

Make no mistake about it, the COVID pandemic has placed us in very dire straits and we are in it for the fight of our lives and for the very survival of the human race. Only when we are truly able to comprehend the gravity and precarious situation that we are in do we even […]

Enduring the Silence and Solitude

While we bravely stumble along in con fronting an invisible enemy and attempting various ways by which to negate its poison the world, or more particularly those already affected by the insidious and explosive wrath of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 or under its new name COVID-19, seems to have finally gotten its act together and […]

Empowering Barangay Governance

When Mayor Benjamin Magalong took the reins of the city government he initially brought with him 10 core agenda that he hopes will transform the city into a better community. The original 10 core agenda are: speeding up government action, revitalizing the environment, innovating peace and order condition, aggressive traffic management, responsive education program, empowering […]

Doing away with the Visiting Forces Agreement

The President has made the right move although for the wrong reasons in finally scrapping the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) entered into by the country with the United States. Even if it was due to the wrong reason (perceived as a retaliation for the cancellation of Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s US visa), the termination […]

No Over Reaction

The preventive measures now imposed by the national government to mitigate the danger posed by the 2019 novel coronavirus (n-Cov) seem to be gaining traction. This will go a long way in further insuring the Filipino people that the government is on top of and in control of the situation and that whatever health risk […]

Don’t let them in yet

With the pronouncement by the Department of Health (DOH) through its Secretary Francisco Duque that there is already one confirmed individual in the country infected with the 2019 novel-corona virus the call for stronger preventive measures to protect our people from the deadly infection takes top level priority. Senator Bong Go who is the chairperson […]

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