Eastern Visayas, the last frontier
"The entire region is teeming with verdant and pristine natural resources." Eastern Visayas, constituting the islands of Samar, Leyte and Biliran, is now the country’s...
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Seeking boxing and political immortality
"Wherever he finds himself in his journey in politics, Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao is already an institution." On Saturday evening. August 21, 2021 at the...
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Polarization of political forces is under way
"What we need is a just and honest president." Pulse Asia’s initial survey on the race for the presidency is misleading and hardly reliable...
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The race for the presidency
"How good are the chances of the candidates?" The final tandems for the presidential and vice president races are fast shaping up. The Social...
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Trifling with the presidency
"So enjoyable, so fulfilling, so enchanting is the life of a president that some want to occupy the position forever." It is sad that the...
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Whom will Duterte endorse for president?
"What most of the President’s critics seem to ignore is his scholarship in Machiavellian tactics." The candidates for president in May 2022 remain floating...
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Why they want to be vice president
" The vice president is not just a spare tire." The most credible, truest and strongest motive to run for vice president is to succeed ...
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Why they want to be president
"So distinctive is the honor, so enticing the perks." The presidency is the most powerful and highest elective position in our government. So...
Read moreWhy the Philippines is important to China
Of the 11 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN, the Philippines is of the greatest importance to China. It has over...
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Saving our people from economic and moral bankruptcy
"Is there nobody else?" The presidential elections in May 2022 will be a crucial event in Philippine history. At stake at the coming polls...
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Nine American Army soldiers, among them two of Filipino descent, were reported killed on Wednesday in helicopter crashes that marred...
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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will discontinue the use of paper-based departure cards starting May 1. In an advisory, BI...
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Three members of the University of the Philippines (UP) board of regents have openly endorsed Dr. Fidel Nemenzo as chancellor...
Read morePolice have arrested the suspect in the March 28 killing of a 22-year-old graduating coed of the De La Salle...
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Police have arrested a traffic aide of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for alleged extortion in Port Area, Manila....
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.