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Free Burial, But Not Much For The Sick?

AN OUNCE OF prevention is with all certainty better than  cure — except in cases when the cure is also prevention. In what looks more like a law that is way beyond morbid, if not totally disparaging, Malacanang boasted of a new law embarking on free funeral services for those...

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Notarized Notoriety

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.                      ...

The Day My Body Betrayed Me (and My Eyelids...

YOU EVER LOOK in the mirror and think, “Wow, I look exhausted,” except you’re not? You slept eight hours, downed two espressos, and still...

Limitless Chaos

AFTER THE REVELATION of the Discayas’ billions of profits, theacquisition of more than 30 luxury cars and P7.1 tax evasion, given their business of...

Develop, Implement An Anti-Corruption Program

THE POINT OF awakening has come. At long last, the Filipino people have seen corruption not as an abstract evil, not as a distant...

Ecological Conversion Called Anew

IN THE OPENING of the “Raising Hope for Climate Justice”international conference in Rome on October 1 marking the 10thanniversary of the landmark encyclical Laudato...

Closing Resorts In Marikina Watershed Is Best

A WATERSHED LIKE that in Marikina– which not only supplies us with potable water but also shields us and our water resources from silts...

Walk Your Talk, Boying

EVEN BEFORE HE was appointed as Ombudsman, then Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla managed to make an impression on the members of the Judicial Bar...

Anger Unplugged: The Real Reason Voices Rise

YOU KNOW THAT moment when someone’s face turns red, their voice shoots up, and suddenly the air feels heavy? And there it is —...

What To Expect From Ombudsman Remulla

THE APPOINTMENT OF Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla to the Office of Ombudsman is a cause of fear for many who opposed him politically and...

EDITORIAL

Never Ending Saga

DESPITE THE CREATION of an independent commission tasked to dig deeper into the anomalous infrastructure projects, the government’s so-called advocacy against corruption has yet...

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October 1 – 15, 2025 Edition

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Always Busy, But Zero Results 

DO YOU EVER feel like your days are packed with so much action, but no real results? It’s like running on a treadmill —...

Bonoan Can’t Feign Innocence

RESIGNED PUBLIC WORKS Secretary Manuel Bonoan has no right to feign innocence in the goings on in his department, which he headed beginning July...

A Parade Of Memories, Camaraderie, And Other Happenstances

THE RECENT ABS-CBN Integrated News and Current Affairs Department (INCAD) reunion held at the Studio 1 Plaza of the compound in Quezon City was...

Young Leviste’s Calculated Risk

WHEN news broke out on the arrest of a district engineer in Batangas over an alleged attempt to bribe a billionaire congressman, there was...

Who’s Standing Beside Marcos?

https://youtube.com/shorts/RaOVrsu5tOQ?si=mYcWkBPXjXPsTZc1 AMID calls for a lifestyle check among officials and personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) amassing fortune from ghost infrastructure...

Contractors’ Board Member Owns A Firm In Marcos List Of Contractors

FURTHER POINTING TO collusion between private contractor and public officials in government projects, Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has flagged potential conflict of interest involving...

Leadership Change At DPWH Took Suspiciously Too Long

THE ACCEPTANCE on Sunday of the resignation of Manuel Bonoan as secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways, and his replacement by...

JUST FOR A SHOW?

FOR ONE, THE act of exposing the multibillion budget mess involving so-called flood control projects is an indication that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. really...

Northern Samar Eyes Wind Projects To Address Grid Capacity Challenges 

WITH THE PROVINCE on the verge of launching four wind projects in their predevelopment phase, provincial leaders and energy transition advocates have identified grid infrastructure...

At Last: Bonoan Resigns, Marcos Heeds Quit Bid

AMID CALLS FOR a top to bottom shake up, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has accepted the resignation of Public Works and Highways Secretary...

A Choral Festival As A Classroom

THE 2025 PALAWAN International Choral Festival (PICF) in Puerto Princesa City was a classroom with a crash course, generally in music, specifically choral singing. Prior...

Fearless War General And Guerilla Warrior Of Quezon

THIS IS THE true story of Lt. General Gaudencio V. Vera —fearless general, guerilla warrior, and “liberator” of Lopez, Hondagua, Alabat, Gumaca, Guinyangan, and...