Friday, October 17, 2025

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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

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Mayors Take A Stand, Vouch Magalong’s Integrity

IT’S NOT VERY often that local chief executives from various parts of the country come in droves and stand on the same ground. In a...

Hooligans Assailed Over Destructive Criticism

CRITICISM IS A sign of a healthy democracy. However, it should never be used for sinister purposes like inducing the people to anarchy as...

Magalong On A Break, Goes To South Korea

FOR ALL THE pressures he had in the last couple of weeks, resigned Independent Commission For Infrastructure (ICI) special adviser Benjamin Magalong has gone...

DPWH Spent P774M For A Defective Pumping Station

THE DEPARTMENT OF Public Works and Highways in 2017 spent a whopping P774 million to defray the cost of a pumping station in a...

Guteza Peers Deny Cash Drop Tale

WHAT COULD HAVE been the first direct testimony linking former House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez into the anomalous flood control scandal turned out otherwise...

Fleet Of Red Plates Spotted in Casino Hotel

NOT EVEN THE creation of an independent commission to look into anomalous government infrastructure projects is enough to calm down a public outrage against...

Anomalies Slipped Undermanned CoA

THE FLOOD CONTROL brouhaha would have been avoided if only the Commission on Audit had enough qualified personnel to execute the agency’s mandate —...

Magalong Quits Even Before He Gets Fired

AMID TALKS OF an impending “transfer to another position deemed free from any conflict of interest,” Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong wasted no time...

DOJ To Prosecute Star-Studded Cast Of Crooks?

THE DEPARTMENT OF Justice (DoJ) had just released a star-studded cast of elected, appointed and career service officials allegedly connected with the biggest fund...

Last Two Minutes For Zaldy Co

UNLIKE THE VICTIMS of the bloody war against drugs perpetrated by the previous administration, a partylist congressman behind the biggest corruption scandal to hit...

No Way For Outsiders To Insult A President

FILIPINOS ARE IN the best position to know what is best and who should lead the country. No amount of smear campaigns could prevent...

Children’s Welfare Globally Seen Affected By Health Aid Cuts

"I don't expect most governments to suddenly restore foreign aid to historic levels, but I am an optimist, and I believe governments can and...