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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...

COLUMNS

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...

Anger Unplugged: The Real Reason Voices Rise

YOU KNOW THAT moment when someone’s face turns red, their voice shoots up, and suddenly the air feels heavy? And there it is —...

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...

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...