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Slowest in five years

by Iris Gonzales - August 9, 2026 - 12:00am

To understand what’s happening under Marcos 2.0, I’ve turned to Greek mythology or those ancient stories of gods, heroes and monsters, which the Greeks told themselves in an attempt to understand the...

Electric coops

by Iris Gonzales - August 4, 2026 - 12:00am

President Marcos’ populist promise to remove the system loss charge is facing severe backlash, given the complexity of the problem.

Fox Sili...silly...ka

by Iris Gonzales - August 2, 2026 - 12:00am

It could either be a really evil thing to descend upon the country or a panacea for our ailing economy.

Beyond system loss

by Iris Gonzales - July 30, 2026 - 12:00am

President Marcos was loudly applauded during his fifth State of the Nation Address several times, but especially when he promised to remove system loss charges from electricity bills. The crowd that gathered...

State of the nation, the economy

by Iris Gonzales - July 28, 2026 - 12:00am

It is an eerily quiet morning in Quezon City as I write this, as it usually is when a sitting president delivers the State of the Nation Address.

Run, Vico, run

by Iris Gonzales - July 26, 2026 - 12:00am

I hope Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto runs for the Senate next year.

White knight makes down payment on Lopez empire

by Iris Gonzales - July 23, 2026 - 12:00am

The Lopezes’ white knight has made an initial payment to secure its planned entry into the empire, in a move that could, for better or for worse, see the end of the Lopezes’ control of the conglomerate...

Semirara mine’s fate

by Iris Gonzales - July 21, 2026 - 12:00am

Everyone is watching with bated breath the upcoming bidding for the contract to operate the sprawling Semirara coal mine in Antique, which will likely happen this month, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said.

Racist

by Iris Gonzales - July 19, 2026 - 12:00am

There’s no other way to describe what China Daily did when it depicted us Filipinos as monkeys. It is what it is – racist and uncalled for.

RSA, MVP and the future of ABS-CBN

by Iris Gonzales - July 16, 2026 - 12:00am

Will the much-talked-about and highly anticipated white knight for ABS-CBN, in true chivalric tradition, arrive soon enough to save the media giant from its financial troubles?

Cebu: A Michelin stop, a new arena and more

by Iris Gonzales - July 14, 2026 - 12:00am

Cebu, despite its legendary traffic, is a province I enjoy visiting every single time.

‘Typhoon Inday’

by Iris Gonzales - July 12, 2026 - 12:00am

“Prepare for Typhoon Inday,” was Vice President Sara Duterte’s chief of staff Zuleika Lopez’s short reply when she was ambushed by reporters at the Senate last week.

Serve the (madlang) people

by Iris Gonzales - July 9, 2026 - 12:00am

At a college known for producing some of the University of the Philippines Diliman’s most audacious, outspoken and quick-witted students, It’s Showtime host and comedian Vice Ganda delivered...

A national victory

by Iris Gonzales - July 7, 2026 - 12:00am

It was heartwarming to be jolted by news of Alex Eala’s historic Wimbledon breakthrough, with that iconic forehand capturing the grit and determination she carried onto the grass.

Upper-middle income, what now?

by Iris Gonzales - July 5, 2026 - 12:00am

We can’t pop the champagne just yet, even if we wanted to.

What BBM should have done

by Iris Gonzales - July 2, 2026 - 12:00am

On Tuesday, the last day of a tumultuous June, members of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines were looking forward to a press conference with President Marcos.

Stepping down from the ivory tower

by Iris Gonzales - June 30, 2026 - 12:00am

I still remember the first time I stepped inside the headquarters of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas as a journalist more than a decade ago.

Stealing from and through foundations, NGOs

by Iris Gonzales - June 28, 2026 - 12:00am

Where is the P4.4 million?

Impunity

by Iris Gonzales - June 25, 2026 - 12:00am

With the nation still reeling from the drowning of two student-athletes from Ateneo, we grieve again over another tragedy – this time the loss of three young lives.

Senateflix

by Iris Gonzales - June 23, 2026 - 12:00am

Whether you’re a journalist covering the Senate, a kibitzer watching our topsy-turvy political arena or among the millions of Filipino citizens concerned about the state of our nation, you must surely have...

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