Election heartbreaks and joyful surprises
"I am actually hopeful for what lies ahead for the country." In my last column, I described the ...
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Otso Diretso candidates Chel Diokno, Samira Gutoc, Pilo Hilbay, and Gary Alejano have frames the Masinloc Municipal Fish Port in ...
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Signature pose
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte strikes his signature pose with the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) senatorial and guest candidates, ...
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Otso Diretso: the Opposition powerhouse Senate slate
"They are ready-made for service to the nation." Sometimes one comes across a phrase or slogan so creative ...
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Pinoys’ woes persist: High prices, job losses
Ten days before Christmas, Filipinos were worrying about high prices, about jobs and their children’s education, Senator Francis Pangilinan said ...
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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.