Bridges: Rights of indigenous people trampled
SAMMY JULIAN
THE recent report involving a landlord and his security guards who shot at and held at gunpoint indigenous people who were to occupy...
Bridges: Of minerals and seafarers
BY SAMMY JULIAN
METHANE hydrate, touted as a dream energy source, could exacerbate territorial conflicts in the South China Sea, according to experts.
Nicknamed fire ice,...
Bridges: Commitment
BY SAMMY JULIAN
ITS first 135-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant project in Brgy. Nipa, Concepcion, Iloilo is yet to be completed but Palm Concepcion Power...
Bridges: Our Florence Nightingales
STRONG, independent, motivated, hardworking, reliable, determined, loyal, selfless, compassionate, dedicated, loving.
These characteristics aptly describe a nurse. All those who have been under the care...
Bridges: Another feather in Gov. Defensor’s cap
BY SAMMY JULIAN
WE extend our felicitations to Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. of Iloilo for bagging the “most outstanding governor” award in the Philippines in...
Bridges: ‘Aksyon Balita Numero Uno’ making waves
BY SAMMY JULIAN
FOR the third consecutive year, Aksyon Balita Numero Uno, a morning newscast program over DyOK Aksyon Radyo-Iloilo, bagged the prestigious KBP Golden...
Bridges: Schizophrenic
SAMMY JULIAN
THIS was how one expert described China’s regional diplomacy.
At the same time, Chinese goals of maintaining stability and protecting maritime rights and interests...
Bridges: Impunity
BY SAMMY JULIAN
THE Philippines once again joined the list of countries where journalists’ murders are most likely to go unpunished.
According to the 2014 Impunity Index, despite...