Tuesday, July 21, 2026

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Poverty Forced Children To Work

Lucio Papa Lucio Papa -
LIFE in the Philippines is not getting any better — and kids as young as five years old must have realized that working is the only way they could survive. Based on data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the number of working children, aged five to 17 years old, has been increasing on an annual basis. According to the PSA, the estimated number of working children stood at a staggering 868,540 in 2025, surpassing 861,450 working kids recorded in...
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Rose de la Cruz -
A GLOBAL RESEARCH from Gallup, the World Health Organization, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the National...
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Partylist System: Pro-Elite,...

Rose de la Cruz -
THE HUGELY ELITE-dominated and illusionary partylist system must be amended as it has drifted far from its democratic foundations...
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Prepare Now For...

Tracy Cabrera -
FORECASTS issued by the United Nations (UN)'s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have strengthened warnings that climate scientists have been...
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Logic Behind Rising...

Rose de la Cruz -
FOR THE LONGEST time, people must be wondering the logic behind the government’s preference to import rice—even at the...
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Disbar Chauvinist Pigs...

Boy Villasanta -
ATTORNEY Villanueva Alonso, producer of Quantum Films, has directed actress Anne Curtis Wednesday afternoon the misogynistic remarks of Quezon...
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Passing the Burden...

Rose de la Cruz -
WHEN NEW TAX laws are passed, it hits first the working sector, referred to as the middle class –...
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National Daily Wage...

Rose de la Cruz -
IF THE NATIONAL Capital Region has the highest daily nominal minimum wage of P695 while other regions subsist below...
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EvoEnergi: Goodbye Meralco...

Rose de la Cruz -
THIS WOULD BE really good news for electric consumers who have gone insane over monthly bill shocks from the...
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Poverty-Induced Loan Rising...

Angel F. Jose -
AMID extreme poverty, Filipinos have sought refuge from online loan apps to make both ends meet, with borrowings mostly...
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Ending An Eternity...

Boy Villasanta -
IT ALMOST TOOK an eternity before a blunder is corrected in the historical data of the founding of Lopez...
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Inclusive Juvenile System...

Angel F. Jose -
THE FOUR ACTS of violence which took place inside school campuses in just a week is more than enough...
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Green Energy Auction...

Rose de la Cruz -
WITH FUEL prices abroad dipping with the opening of the Strait of Hormuz that has eased the supply situation...
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Book Review: Two...

Luchie Aclan Arguelles -
IF I CAN’T HAVE You, Nobody Can is a deeply affecting and emotionally charged work that invites readers into one...
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Consumers As Cash...

Rose de la Cruz -
THE MANILA Electric Company (Meralco) has literally made a cash cow of its millions of consumers to shore up...
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2 Million Filipinos...

Rose de la Cruz -
THE CONTINUING WAR in Iran against the combined forces of the United States and Israel has been causing global...
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PH Cultural Treasure...

Domingo P. Herras -
THE CENTERIAN hand-tap tattoo artist Apo Whang-od is a living cultural treasure from Kalinga, Philippines, who has single-handedly transformed...
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College Attainment On...

Rose de la Cruz -
ONLY A limited number of college students finish or graduate from their chosen course, mostly of whom belong to...
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35 Years After:...

Boy Villasanta -
THE NATION observed the 35th death year of National Artist for Film Lino Brocka two days ago. This isn’t a...
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Close Call: Journos...

Rose de la Cruz -
BY THE VERY nature of the job, reporters covering beats are the frontline sources of information of the goings...
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Loren Legarda’s Bitter...

Rose de la Cruz -
NO WORD BEST describes Rep. Leandro Leviste– who talks like a loose cannon against fellow legislators, the President and...
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