On Mar. 6, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian boldly declared the K-12 program is to blame for what he calls the alarming state of the quality of education in the country.

This is in reaction to the March 5, 2019 column article of Mr. Alex Magno entitled “Fake Benefits” which raised several points in relation to the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) implementation over the last 23 years. Allow us to address each of these items.

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) plans to increase the minimum pension of its pensioners to P6,000 per month, according to a news item that appeared in The Philippine STAR of March 9. Many pensioners of course welcome it as very encouraging news.

The 2019 campaign period for national bets has already begun.

I was on my way home and got the chance to watch the night time episode of Pinoy Big Brother aired every night at ABS-CBN network.