Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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Tag: Editorial Column

Remembering FVR: Three years on

“Today, as we face new challenges as a nation, may FVR's memory call us back – not just to what was, but to what...

Need for a Department of Disaster Resilience

"The Marcos Administration can easily raise enough funds needed for such a permanent department by deactivating other agencies no longer needed" PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ...

CMEPA’s promise of riches for the rice-less

(Last of 2 parts) The DOF’s ‘invest, don’t gamble’ sermon is patronizing nonsense A gourmet feast for the famished SONNY Africa of IBON Foundation nails it: “This...

Bye, Ms. Beth

"Angsioco’s passing leaves a void" I HAD been working with Ms. Elizabeth Angsioco for several years – she as opinion columnist for this newspaper and...

Examining the ‘Cocktail Party’ blog

"We see in the blog report the danger of online spaces where questions are framed not to seek answers but to stir doubt and...

Trafficked OFWs need gov’t help

IF THE Philippine economy benefits in large measure from the dollar remittances of overseas Filipino work-ers, it stands to reason the national government should...

Corruption kills

"We have become jaded by the reality of too much corruption. We just keep electing the same lecherous brigands every three years" WRITING an article...

Distortion of democracy

"Congress must consider reforms to the Party-List Law: stricter limits on political families and greater transparency in nominee disclosures" THE party-list system in the Philippines,...

Preparations

“Either the government people in charge are thoroughly incompetent or the political leadership does not have the political will to get the needed reforms...

19th Congress accomplishments

A Social Weather Stations survey has revealed that 66 percent of Filipinos support the Vice President’s impeachment trial in the Senate WITH Martin Romualdez at...

Keep hoping, keep living

"For many young people, their dreams are not just challenged – they are delayed, postponed, or even forgotten altogether" THESE past few weeks, I’ve been...

Caticlan and Boracay in my mind

“The Philippine Statistics Authority said the contribution of the tourism sector to the economy grew 11.2 percent year-on-year last year” UNDOUBTEDLY one of the top...

CMEPA’s promise of riches for the rice-less

"Urging the poor to trade stocks because the stock transaction tax dropped from 0.6 percent to 0.1 percent is not empowerment – it’s a...

Holding people accountable for online defamation

“We must raise the bar for public conversation and reject this toxic culture of clickbait lies” IN ALL my years of public service, I’ve seen...
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