Wednesday, October 15, 2025

NATIONAL

METRO

PROVINCIAL

EDITORS' PICK

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...

COLUMNS

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...

NEWS MAGAZINE

October 1 – 15, 2025 Edition

LATEST STORIES

Why Ilonggos Call Jake Ejercito “Langga”—And Will He Finally Meet “The One” in Iloilo?

What is it about Jake Ejercito that makes Ilonggos collectively sigh, “Ay, langga gid!”? Maybe it’s his effortless charm, his fluency in Ilonggo endearments,...

When Social Media Kills

Social media connects, informs, and entertains—but beneath its glossy surface lies a darker reality. Cyberbullying, online harassment, and the pursuit of viral fame have...

JUSTICE SERVED OR POLITICAL DRAMA?

In a move that has sent shockwaves through the archipelago, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested upon his return from Hong Kong, based...

A Sobering Reality

This Gulfstream 550, which left just before midnight last Tuesday (March 11) night, is the first cell former President Rodrigo Duterte has been put...

Palace confirms arrest of former Pres. Duterte

FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte got what he wished for.  Shortly after his plane landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the International Police Organization...

BELOW FOLD

FOR THE PROTECTION OF PDLs. While PAGASA has warned of rising temperatures at the onset of the summer season, the Bureau of Jail Management...

N. SAMAR FACING QUEST FOR AGRI, RENEWABLES

WITH METRO MANILA already on the verge of saturation, new and existing investments are seriously considering other areas that would suffice to what is...

The Perils of High Heat Index and the Case for Class Suspensions

THE SUMMER HEAT isn’t just making your halo-halo melt faster—it’s turning classrooms into sweat lodges and putting students at risk. With the heat index...

Papal Nuncio At Catarman Diocese Golden Jubilee

Northern Samar has welcomed back His Excellency Charles Brown, Papal Nuncio, the Vatican Ambassador to the Philippines, on the 50th anniversary of the Diocese...

Harnessing Potentials Through Partnerships

THE mere mention of Subic alone connotes trade and investments from where the government has been sourcing a huge chunk of its revenues to...

Zero Journo Killings in 2024

FOR MORE THAN twenty years in the history of Philippine journalism, despite the viral news gathered that there was no local journalists have been...

Pension Still Collected By The Dead?

BE IT THE living or dead beneficiaries of ayudas and pension funds of the government, cheats would always be way ahead of the legitimate...