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Man On A Mission: NDCP Extols Broto 

GREATNESS is not measured by sheer publicity, but by the virtues of perseverance, dedication and commitment to serve, according to the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) Alumni Association.  At the 62nd NDCP Founding Anniversary held at the One Shangrila Place in Mandaluyong City, the NDCP Alumni Association cited...

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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...

Self-Awareness: Your Superpower

SELF-AWARENESS SOUNDS deep and wise… but really, it’s just catching yourself thinking, ‘Yikes… that’s me!’ The Back Story Most people think they’re self-aware. “I know who...

Complacency Hits National Gov’t

THE PERVASIVE CORRUPTION that took place in the Department of Public Works and Highways on the multi-billion flood control projects, and those for roads...

Bacteria Made Me Do It 

YOU THINK YOUR brain’s in charge? Cute. Like really adorable. In reality, your stomach has been running the show since the day you popped...

Musings On A Rainy September

AS I WRITE, typhoon Opong alternates between fierce and gentle in Metro Manila and is forecast to be wildest south of the metropolis and...

Divided Yet Again

THE COMMENTARIES AFTER the September 21 mobilizations are already pulling us away from the real issue: corruption. If we let them, they will sap...

Bordering On Vigilance And Terrorism

DAYS AFTER THE biggest protest action since the historic EDSA People Power Revolution in 1986, the government is going deep into one of the...

ICI Should Also Probe Escudero, Bersamin, Romualdez, COA 

THE ATENEO SCHOOL of Governance asked the Independent Commission on Infrastructure to also investigate the huge budget cuts and diversions that took place in...

Telltale Signs of Failure

I ought to have died at Waterloo.                                 — French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, after his defeat to British Field Marshall and First Duke of Wellington Arthur...

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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Complacency Hits National Gov’t

THE PERVASIVE CORRUPTION that took place in the Department of Public Works and Highways on the multi-billion flood control projects, and those for roads...

UP Law 2000 hosts 2025 Malcolm Cup

OVER A HUNDRED hundred golfers participated in the 2025 UP Law Malcolm Cup hosted by University of the Philippines (UP) Law Class of 2000...

Dirty Money: 836 Bank Accounts Frozen

TO ENSURE THAT cash, ewallet, luxury cars and real estate properties would not be sold by those who plundered the flood control projects coffers,...

MARCOS KIN, LOOTER KING?

FOR THE LONGEST time, no amount of exposé was able to make a dent on somebody wielding so much power embarking on his political...

IBON Ain’t Happy With 2026 Proposed Budget

AMID THE INDIGNATION of people over the systemic corruption, budget insertions and ghost flood control projects now being investigated, the deliberations for the 2026...

P20-B Wind Power Project For Northern Samar

COMMITTED TO ITS local climate change action plan (LCCAP) to adapt and mitigate the impacts of global warming, Northern Samar is looking towards the...

PH hosts 3rd Miss Environment Int’l in November

SETTING ASIDE THE hullabaloo over the flood control scandals in the House and Senate, let's shift our attention to the beauty around us as...

Pope To World Rulers: Utilize Wealth To Help

SPEAKING ON THE evil of using "wealth against humanity," by "turning it into weapons that destroy people or monopolies that humiliate workers," Pope Leo...

Honoring Valor: Historian’s Journey And Mission

HISTORY IS NOT merely written in books or inscribed in stone markers. It is lived, remembered, and renewed each time a community gathers to...

Recto, Nepomuceno At Cebu Port

DURING THE VISIT of Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto and Customs Commissioner Ariel F. Nepomuceno, the Bureau of Customs Port of Cebu (BOC) showcased...

Sierra Madre: PH’s Disaster Fortress 

AS THE NATION celebrates “Save Sierra Madre Day,” we are reminded of the historic and environmental importance of the country’s most significant mountain range.  Declared...

When The Glitzy And Glamorous Turn Militants

IN ANY WHICH way one looks at it, marching in the streets (on such occasional formations as a phalanx of mourners in a cortege,...