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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...

NEWS MAGAZINE

October 1 – 15, 2025 Edition

LATEST STORIES

Recycling Filipino Gays In Cinemas

“Do not judge a book by its cover” must be an apt description of how entertainment scribe Art Tapalla commented on my sixth media...

Illegal Drugs Persist At Bilibid

Under the administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., a more holistic approach has been formulated to deal with the menace of drug addiction...

The Plight Farmers Amid Climate Change

PALAYAN CITY, Nueva Ecija — Across Central Luzon, the talk among embattled farmers ranges from drought and floods to planting and climate change. Conversations are also...

Can We Ignore Our Mounting Debt?

The global economy is in danger of getting stuck on a low-growth high-debt path. And this redounds to lower incomes and fewer jobs anywhere...

It’s Strictly A Family Affair

FOR the longest time, the Philippines has been at the disposal of around a hundred clans, despite constitutional provisions prohibiting political dynasties. In a study...

Addressing Local Squatter Problem

FOR THE LONGEST time, the national government has been dealing with the perennial problem of the proliferation of squatters, spending quite a huge chunk...

Kadiwa Faces Rivals

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE would be better off tapping the existing network of hard discount stores (HDS) – DALI Everyday Grocery, which is funded...

With Power and Wealth, the HECK with Responsibility

Many successful and powerful people in their ivory towers are wont to do away with responsibility, thus ushering their fall. Winston Churchill said: “The price...

Who Is Sabotaging The Law?

“Give us the names of big-time smugglers—not the small fry,” the solons are wont to demand (more often hollering) from customs authorities or even...

They Who Play Clean

FOR the past several months, news about the supposed corruption of a congressional allocation referred to as confidential funds, has been dominating newspaper pages,...

Chinese Espionage is Real… and Alarming

WHAT used to be no more than a fictional film embarking on a philandering British secret service agent and highly-sophisticated gadgets, has become a...

Brace Up!

WITH elections taking place a few months from now, both the executive and legislative branch of the government are taking a radical shift in...