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Restoring The Iconic Manila Post Office 

TWO YEARS AND four months after a vicious fire gutted down an iconic structure at the heart of Manila, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) renewed its commitment to restore the century-old building referred to as the Manila Central Post Office. According to DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon, the...

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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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October 1 – 15, 2025 Edition

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Eco-Friendly Water Solutions for N.Samar

THE LARGEST CEBU-BASED desalination plant that generates up to 20 million liters of potable water daily (MLD) is coming to Northern Samar. The plant...

Challenges, Opportunities in Appointing, Designating Government Agencies Execs

IN THE PHILIPPINE government, the appointment and designation of officials follow a structured legal framework primarily governed by the Civil Service Commission (CSC). The CSC...

Is Bird Flu About To Become A Global Epidemic?

BIRD FLU —OR the H5N1 strain —was first detected in China in 2013. But now another strain H7N9 is wreaking havoc in the United...

Action Movies On My Mind

After "SekSinema (Gender Images in Philippine Sex Cinema Enfolding Pandemia)" I am doing "Bakbakan (Action Movies in the Philippines)" to be published by BVV8...

US-China Tariff War Worsens

WHO WILL BACK down in the worsening tariff war between the United States and China? Nobody knows yet, but the US stepped up its tariff...

Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty

Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Chief Ruel Rivera seal the renewal of their collaboration under the...

Convicted General Dupes Sandigan

CRIME DOES PAY but not a convicted army general who was released by a court embarking on a compromise that he’ll plead guilty for...

Govt backs ASEAN response to Trump tariffs

The Philippines backs a unified response by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to the tariffs that the United States will impose globally...

Undesirable Alien

Interior and Local Governments Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla presents Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, the Russian-American vlogger, tagged as an undesirable alien by the Bureau of Immigration, during...

Araw Ng Kagitingan

April 9 is an important day for Filipinos, a day for everyone to recall and pay tribute to the country’s heroes who sacrificed with...

Rizal IP group finally finds an ally in the Senate

PILILLA, Rizal — After eight long years, the indigenous group who were shoved away from their ancestral domain by a private contractor masquerading as...

Study Shows Bottled Water Ain’t Safe

FOR the longest time, many are living under the impression that commercially sold bottled water is safe for human consumption, for which a long...