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Brian and Margie’s wedding brings together showbiz and politics
by Pat-P Daza - September 21, 2026 - 12:00am
Sept. 8 is the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and last week, it was also the day Rep. Brian Poe-Llamanzares of the FPJ Panday Bayanihan Party-list tied the knot with Margarita “Margie”...
The amici curiae
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - September 21, 2026 - 12:00am
After that awesome display of erudition by retired Supreme Court justices last Wednesday, no one seems to dare make a fearless forecast on how senators will vote on the issues for which the justices were invited...
Block, delete or bounty?
by Cito Beltran - September 21, 2026 - 12:00am
Back in the ’60s, we were all taught a rhyme to get back at nasty people who say bad things to spite or insult us.
Sure and steady success
by Joey Concepcion - September 21, 2026 - 12:00am
Very few things are sweeter than good news coming when it is unexpected. 
The law on trial
by Jose Dalisay - September 21, 2026 - 12:00am
Like many young Filipinos of my postwar generation, I once dreamt of becoming a lawyer.
Shades of martial law
by Marichu A. Villanueva - September 21, 2026 - 12:00am
For many Filipinos, we quietly observe today one of the darkest periods in our country’s history when it was placed under martial law rule 54 years ago.
Will robots take over?
by Wilson Sy - September 21, 2026 - 12:00am
“The robots will not be taking over.
Making a bet on the Phl
by Marianne Go - September 21, 2026 - 12:00am
Three young Filipino-Americans, who are making a bold move to start up an AI-native defense technology and robotics hardware company that designs and builds motors and actuators for drones, robots and other autonomous...
Are we done with CARP?
by Boo Chanco - September 21, 2026 - 12:00am
Did the BBM administration quietly declare that our agrarian reform program is over?
Do you have an evil eye?
by Francis D. Alvarez, SJ - September 20, 2026 - 10:08am
In our Gospel today (Matthew 20:1-16a), a landowner goes out at dawn, nine o’clock, noon, three o’clock, and five o’clock to hire day laborers for his vineyard.
Golden eight
by Joaquin M. Henson - September 20, 2026 - 12:00am
The Philippines hasn’t collected more than four gold medals in the last 15 editions of the Asian Games or since a haul of seven mints in 1962.
Why is Vietnam’s economy growing faster than ours?
by Ambassador B. Romualdez - September 20, 2026 - 12:00am
The well-attended reception celebrating the 81st anniversary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was full of diplomats, business leaders and friends of Vietnam.
Laundering flood money and what’s next for UPLB?
by Iris Gonzales - September 20, 2026 - 12:00am
In Norway some years back, at a money-changing counter at the airport upon arrival, the teller turned down our group of all Filipinos.
Readings for Sept. 21
by Elfren S. Cruz - September 20, 2026 - 12:00am
As the country remembers – still with much anger and horror – the dark years of the Marcos-declared martial law on Sept. 21, 1972, it is somehow reassuring that there are excellent books for those who...
Political persecution? When the powerful play victim
by Ronald Llamas - September 20, 2026 - 12:00am
“Political persecution.”
DICT’s budget crisis
by Brian Poe Llamanzares - September 20, 2026 - 12:00am
To be clear, the House of Representatives did not summon Mark Zuckerberg, nor was the budget deferred because of concerns involving Meta alone.
New danger: Detention at US airports while traveling domestically
by Michael J. Gurfinkel - September 20, 2026 - 12:00am
For people who have immigration issues, it has always been a risk to travel outside the US on an international flight.
The three stages nobody warned you about
by Francis J. Kong - September 20, 2026 - 12:00am
The moment I received one of those long, italicized “share as received” forwarded messages from Kat, my friend of many years, it actually stopped me in my tracks instead of getting scrolled past.
Serious allegations
by Mary Ann LL. Reyes - September 20, 2026 - 12:00am
The Ombudsman’s P10.44-billion plunder and graft investigation against Sen. Loren Legarda and her son, Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste, involving underdelivered solar energy projects is underway.
When illness evicts vanity
by Ditas Olaguer-Consunji - September 19, 2026 - 4:41pm
Vanity is a full-time job with a strict dress code—and a boss who lives inside your bathroom mirror.
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