Philstar.com

EYES WIDE OPEN

+ Follow Column

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...

Gabby Lopez’s white knight

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

Some months ago, at the height of the ugly Lopez war and prior to the fragile and short-lived ceasefire, someone from the Lopez majority told me they were in talks with potential investors for the troubled ABS-...

War is uglier the second time around

by Iris Gonzales - June 18, 2026 - 12:00am

Love, they say, is lovelier the second time around. Ah, but so is the opposite, it seems.

Chongqing Express

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

Chongqing, a sprawling municipality in southwestern China, may not be top of mind when considering destinations in China.

Whatever happened to being a man for others?

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

I was just at the Ateneo de Manila campus in Katipunan last week to get a copy of my transcript. I am a proud alumna of Ateneo, where I completed my Master of Arts in Journalism as a Konrad Adenauer Fellow.

Run like hell

by Iris Gonzales - June 11, 2026 - 12:00am

When Commonwealth president Manuel Quezon uttered his famous line, “I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to a government run like heaven by Americans,” in the early 1920s, he probably never...

Building an automotive future

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

I’ve long wanted to write about this after the government flip-flopped on a planned automotive program, but the turmoil in the Senate and its dizzying iterations couldn’t wait.

The stories that matter

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

AMSTERDAM – Here in the land of cheese, tulips and liberal policies, I had the honor of listening to some of the world’s most important stories of our time, as told by some of the world’s most courageous...

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ... | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57

Get Updated: