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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...

NEWS MAGAZINE

October 1 – 15, 2025 Edition

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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...

A Wish For SONA

TODAY, THE FILIPINO people really wish President Bongbong Marcos will make an honest-to-goodness SONA this 2025. Wishfully, he will admit that he has not enough...

BLESSED Outreach

STRONG RAINS AND floodings triggered the advocacy of the Bagong Lipunan Enhanced Synergy Stewardship Economic Development Movement – Inc. or The BLESSED Movement in...

Prepared For The S.O.N.A

QUEZON CITY MAYOR Joy Belmonte is making sure that preparation for the the President's State of the Nation Address (SONA) today, July 28, at...

Typhoons, Habagat Severely Affect 3M Pinoys

TO DATE, AROUND 2,733,646 people or 765,869 families have been affected by the bad weather in all regions, except in Eastern Visayas as many...

GSIS Opens Emergency Loan In 4 Calamity Areas

IN A BID to provide immediate financial relief to members and pensioners affected by Severe Tropical Storm Crising and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat), the...

Half Train Fare for Seniors, PWD, Students

AS THE ENTIRE nation observed the 47th National Disability Week, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. led the official launching of the half fare discount for...

On The Alert

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, in a press conference yesterday, Friday, July 25, at the Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. Belmonte...

ADB Sees Tougher Year For Ph

A TOUGHER YEAR is forecast for the Philippines in 2025 and 2026 owing to global headwinds and a broader slowdown across Southeast Asia because...

Outdated Drainage System

THE METROPOLITAN MANILA Development Authority (MMDA) inspects the Tripa de Gallina Pumping Station in Pasay City. It is the largest pumping station in the...

US Fully Supports AFP Modernization 

STRESSING THAT WASHINGTON does not support aggression nor promote expansionist policies, the United States has declared its full backing on mutual economic vitality with...

Floods Persist In Metro Manila

WITH THREE TROPICAL storms battering the country in the past week or so, continuous heavy downpour of torrential rains are expected to flood many...