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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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Emotional Armor: The Confidence We Fake

EVER MET SOMEONE who’s always defending, always right, and somehow always 'amazing'? You mention a touchy topic, and boom — they snap back with...

Martin Looter King’s Attack Dog

WHEN President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called for an investigation into the systemic government corruption perpetrated by his appointees and political allies, many were made...

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...

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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Ortigas Subway Station

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY VINCE Dizon and Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto review the route where there exists a right-of-way problem in the construction of the...

A Challenge To LWUA

FOLLOWING PRESIDENT MARCOS’ orders to go after contractors of utilities and flood control projects that were half-done, did not materialize at all, or were...

Pangarap Mo, Simulan Mo: How a QR Code Became a Bridge to Dreams

WE ARE BEYOND excited to invite you to the exclusive premiere of #GCashStories: Pangarap Mo, Simulan Mo! — a heartfelt tribute to the everyday Filipinos who dared to dream and dared to...

12 COPS IN MISSING SABUNGEROS CASE

NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION (Napolcom) Inspection, Monitoring and Investigation Service Staff Director Edman Pares and Vice Chair and Executive Officer, lawyer Rafael Vicente Calinisan, announced...

US Healthcare Firm Endows $500-M On Phl Tertiary Hospital

GOOD NEWS FROM the Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs (OSAPIEA)! It confirmed the other day that...

Political Appointees Over Career Service Officials

IN WHAT LOOKS more like a distorted sense of compliance, the Department of Health (DOH) formulated its own version of the “Palace-inspired recalibration” following...

SONA 2025: A Standing Ovation in a Sinking Nation

WELCOME TO THE Philippines—where politics is performance art, governance is occasionally improv, and the budget for tarpaulins seems to outpace actual flood control. If...

Egambling Operators See Good In Marcos’ SONA Silence

MOTHERHOOD STATEMENTS ON food security, healthcare, the upcoming healthy state of PhilHealth and US tariffs and the economy, floods and massive corruption and plunder...

Youth Jubilee in Rome

THE YOUTH JUBILEE in Rome that started Monday, July 28, started with a big bang as around half a million young people from different...

Chiding The High Tribunal For ‘Rushed Decision’ On Impeachment

IN ASKING THE people to respect Friday's decision of the Supreme Court nullifying the impeachment complaint filed by the House of Representatives against Vice...

Prelate Blames Corruption For Woeful Floods

DESPITE P1-TRILLION BUDGET allotted for flood control projects, a huge chunk went to corruption in addition to the pork barrel system perpetrated by Congress...

Sexy Actress Vida Verde’s Gay Sis Marries Wife And Dies Soon After

SEXY ACTRESS VIDA Verde ("Nene," "Katawang Putik," "Raid Casa" etc.) had buried her gay sister a month ago in a cemetery in Tumauini, Isabela but...