Opinion
Expanding EDCA’s reach
With four more sites due to be added to the five already established under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA)...
Are we moving closer to energy security?
With the onset of summer, it seems the perennial critics are at it again, with doomsday scenarios and dire predictions...
Have we hurdled COVID-19 pandemic?
Is it true, as President Marcos Jr. stated, that “we have hurdled the COVID-19 pandemic? Yes, it is true—in a...
Ombudsman’s dismissal of a criminal complaint
The office of the Ombudsman is an investigative body tasked to “investigate on its own, or on complaint by any...
Incompetence, possible corruption in Dimayuga’s MMDA
Senator Mark Villar recently filed Senate Bill 1959 which, if enacted into law, will require the installation of digital countdown...
Infrastructure binge
One of the main reasons foreign investors hesitate to bring their money into the country, apart from red tape, corruption,...
Pinakbet, atbp.
"I suggest we change these (adobo or lechon as national food) to pinakbet, which after all is served everywhere in...
FVR’s 95th birth anniversary
"When FVR died a few months ago, the country did not only lose a true patriot but also a quintessential...
Hong Kong asylum seekers fear deportation under tightened policy
"But Hong Kong’s new rules mean that an asylum seeker has, in effect, just one shot at making their case...
The wheels of justice on Degamo’s slay
Looks like the wheels of justice are grinding well on schedule in the March 4 killing of Negros Oriental Governor...
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