EDITORIALS & CARTOONS: Energy conservation: Antidote to high cost of imported fuel
The Editor
PHILIPPINES
THE MANILA BULLETIN
Energy conservation: Antidote to high cost of imported fuel
MAR 10, 2022
Preoccupation with the shift to a new normal on account of the decline of Covid-19 infections may have deterred the government from paying more focused attention to the possible adverse consequences of the Russia-Ukraine conflict before its outbreak two weeks ago.
Continuing escalation of fuel prices — which has been ongoing since the start of the year — is one of the harsh outcomes. According to the Department of Energy’s projections, if the posted price of Dubai crude goes up to $120 per barrel, fuel prices will rise even further to these levels: gasoline, ₱78.53 per liter; diesel, ₱68.97 per liter; kerosene, ₱71.21 per liter; and ₱107.08 per kilogram. The raging conflict will certainly drive fuel prices even higher, thereby inflicting more pain upon a citizenry still reeling from the pandemic.
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Also being promoted is the formation of Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) that shall be accredited by the DOE to prepare and submit energy audit reports.
The DOE shall endorse projects that utilize pioneering energy efficient technologies to the Board of Investments (BOI) to avail of incentives for a period of five years upon the effectivity of law, including tax and duty free importation of pioneering energy efficient technologies; or income tax holiday.
The public expects the concerned government agencies to level up and exercise their mandate to promote energy conservation and efficiency.
COMMENT:
Duty of government to sustain the economy with energy, water, food.. these were promised during election…
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Protecting children from sexual abuse
At the height of the scandal following the arrest of a congressman for the rape of an 11-year-old girl, one shocking detail stood out. In a lengthy interview published in this paper, the girl recounted how, when she was first brought by a pimp before the congressman, the legislator ordered her to remove her underpants, later explaining that he wanted to check if she was not already menstruating.
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While the new law is a welcome development, especially to the many boys and girls at risk, so many steps need to be taken to ensure a “safe space” for children. Law enforcement agencies should take reports of childhood sexual exploitation seriously and act swiftly. Children as well as the adults around them—parents, relatives, teachers, doctors, pastors—need to be educated on the issue, especially on how to spot signs of sexual abuse. More importantly, children need to be empowered to speak out and seek help to put sexual predators behind bars where they belong. Let our children be children!
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READ MORE: https://opinion.inquirer.net/150931/protecting-children-from-sexual-abuse
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OPINION
EDITORIAL – The other flu virus
The government is now preparing for the possibility of the entire country de-escalating to COVID Alert Level 1, with some areas even easing to Level 0. People can only hope this rosy picture will not be ruined by the confirmation of yet another coronavirus variant by the World Health Organization, informally called Deltacron because it reportedly combines characteristics of the deadly Delta and highly infectious Omicron.
While health experts determine if Deltacron will become another COVID variant of concern, the Philippines must give attention to another virus that is ruining livelihoods. Last Jan. 6, routine surveillance by the Bureau of Animal Industry detected avian influenza in a duck farm in Barangay Barangka in Baliuag, Bulacan.
READ MORE: https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2022/03/12/2166776/editorial-other-flu-virus
COMMENT:
What do you expect from government agencies?
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EDITORIAL-STAYING AWAKE TO WATCH OVER THE PCOS MACHINES
PSN OPINYON
EDITORYAL – Pondo sa pandemya hindi nagagamit
ANG kabuuang utang ng Pilipinas ay umabot na sa P11.7 trillion (katumbas ng $229 billion) noong Disyembre 2021. Ang ganitong kalaking utang ay lumobo dahil sa pagtugon ng bansa sa pandemya. Mula nang manalasa ang COVID-19 pandemic noong Marso 2020, nangarag na ang bansa kung saan kukuha ng ipantutustos para matugunan ang gastusin ng mga nagkasakit na umapaw sa mga ospital. Maraming nawalan ng trabaho at kailangang mabigyan ng ayuda ang mamamayan. Kaya lubog sa utang ang bansa at malaking katanungan kung paano mababayaran ang ganito kalaking utang.
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Kaya umutang ang pamahalaan ay para gamitin sa pandemya. Nasa batas ito kaya nakapagtataka kung bakit natutulog ang daang bilyong piso. Bakit kailangang magtiis ang health workers, meron namang nakalaang pondo?
