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When beauty pageant is a sport

by Joaquin M. Henson - September 17, 2026 - 12:00am

Four beauty queens visited the ANTA store on the second floor of Gateway 2 Mall the other day for a photo shoot and a private shopping experience in conjunction with the sports brand’s involvement as the official...

Seismic

by Alex Magno - September 17, 2026 - 12:00am

President BBM mentioned the proliferation of substandard steel but offered to policy solution to the problem. The matter, he says, will be investigated.

Bringing Ukrainian children back home

by Iris Gonzales - September 17, 2026 - 12:00am

Sasha, a young Ukrainian boy, was only 11 years old when the Russians attacked.

Subversive readers needed

by Elfren S. Cruz - September 17, 2026 - 12:00am

The Subversive Reader: Essays on Critical Theory, Cultural Politics and the Philippine Insurgent Experience by E. San Juan Jr. (Vibal Foundation, 2023) is a hefty volume, a collection of challenging and politically...

From the battlefield to the rice field

by Lee Gong-Dy - September 17, 2026 - 12:00am

I arrived in Manila on Aug. 13 to begin my mission as Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Philippines.

Bastos

by Tony Lopez - September 17, 2026 - 12:00am

Bastos.

Aga Muhlach takes ON first acting workshop under Nonie Buencamino

by Dolly Anne Carvajal - September 17, 2026 - 12:00am

My good friend Aga Muhlach refuses to rest on his laurels.

Beyond NLEX’s flood fix

by Joe Zaldarriaga - September 17, 2026 - 12:00am

The rains brought by the habagat toward the tail end of August triggered flooding that affected millions of Filipinos.

ProGRESS and vape regress

by Bienvenido Oplas Jr. - September 17, 2026 - 12:00am

The Department of Finance held a “Stakeholder briefing on Promoting Growth, Revenue and Equity toward Socio-Economic Sustainability (ProGRESS) Bill” on Sept. 2 at the Land Bank Plaza Hall in Manila. I...

Azia turns 18 at Chef Jessie's Rockwell

by Gracie Go - September 17, 2026 - 12:00am

Turning 18 is a milestone that comes only once in a young woman’s life — a special chapter that deserves to be celebrated with the people who matter most.

A renewal of vows

by Mike Toledo - September 17, 2026 - 12:00am

This assurance, this union, took a firmer shape recently when the AFP and the Makati Medical Center Foundation (MMCF) signed a new, five-year Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in Makati City, a renewal that both deepens...

The Well-being Wheel of Life

by Rose Fres Fausto - September 16, 2026 - 7:00am

And just like that, we’re now in the middle of September.

Red flags in the BARMM vote

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - September 16, 2026 - 12:00am

In Maluso, Basilan, over 16,000 ballots – about half of the entire voting population in the town – were found to have been pre-shaded.

Cause and liability

by Cito Beltran - September 16, 2026 - 12:00am

We first learned about the maritime disaster involving MV June Aster from friends and relatives in the Netherlands aka Holland.

Pax Silica: Debunking the myths

by Andrew J. Masigan - September 16, 2026 - 12:00am

Last week’s Luzon Economic Corridor Investment Forum served as the ceremonial launch of Pax Silica in the Philippines.

Bad enough to be jailed, worse to go blind there

by Jarius Bondoc - September 16, 2026 - 12:00am

Once again I give space to these reports by Jamaica Mae Digo of Tzu Chi Eye Clinic:

No refund lobby

by Marichu A. Villanueva - September 16, 2026 - 12:00am

After years of it being charged to our monthly electric bills, the Bureau of Internal Revenue has officially removed the value-added tax on system loss charge of power utilities like the Manila Electric...

Asiad a different animal

by Joaquin M. Henson - September 16, 2026 - 12:00am

Before anyone casts aspersions on Gilas for landing ninth in men’s 5x5 basketball at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, let’s put things into perspective.

Our coal dilemma

by Boo Chanco - September 16, 2026 - 12:00am

We have a serious power supply problem that makes potential investors flee.

Stars still continue to shine

by Gabriel Edjawan - September 16, 2026 - 12:00am

Sept. 9, 2026. We had the pleasure of celebrating the launch of Readings on the Philippine Capital Market by the Capital Markets Development Foundation Inc. at the Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters...

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