Monday, December 8, 2025
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Listening to atomic bomb survivors

EVERY year, but particularly today, we hear the echoes of the grief of less than 100,000 officially recognized survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki...

Parrying off persistent poverty

QUITE a complex issue, poverty is in this country of 117 million people, despite periods of economic growth. Scholars say poverty persists due to a...

Murky waters

The experiences of the people are fresh: battered by consecutive days of rain brought by typhoons and habagat, Filipinos in numerous areas experienced flooding...

Disaster leadership

ONCE again, we were reminded how vicious weather conditions could get in the Philippines. The fact that this latest one which we felt beginning...

Murky waters

AS WE go even deeper into the case of the missing cockfight enthusiasts, who were abducted in 2021 and 2022, the water gets murkier...

Ban on online gambling

WILL the legislature act on bills proposing to ban online gaming? Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for a measure that would impose stricter regulations on...

Time to weed out airport scammers

SCAMMERS know every well that those who depart or arrive from any of our airports have money. That’s why they are a tempting target for...

Revisiting the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers

CONCERNS have been raised regarding Filipino seafarers on vacation at home but are forced to attend refresher courses face-to-face. The Philippines, admittedly the country with...

Judicial review sought for RA 12027

LANGUAGE specialists, educators, and philologists are among those vigilantly watching how the Supreme Court will rule on a petition for certiorari filed this week...

Fresh batch, old stock?

A new batch of elected public officials began their terms this week, halfway into the current administration and nearly two months after the May...

Flood control

What has been the impact of climate change on our country? We now experience increased frequency and severity of natural disasters, sea level rise,...

Serious trust issues

The 2024 Philippine Trust Study says Filipinos now demand proof before extending trust to institutions. The EON Group, which conducted the study alongside the Department...

More crimes under Duterte’s draconian rule

When former President Rodrigo Duterte appeared before the recent Senate inquiry on his war on illegal drugs, he claimed that crimes had risen under...

Can Comelec dismantle private armies?

Can the Commission on Elections (Comelec) by its lonesome do the seemingly impossible, which is to dismantle the private armies of politicians? Not by a...
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