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Even when the campaign vow was made for the 2022 presidential race, doubts were already raised about the attainability of selling rice at a market price of P20 a kilo.

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Out on bail

By SKETCHES | By Ana Marie Pamintuan | 9 hours ago

Just for the optics, some folks thought Vice President Sara Duterte would have allowed herself to be arrested and detained over the weekend, waiting for Monday to post bail for the grave threats case.

Beyond the reach of justice

By COMMONSENSE | By Marichu A. Villanueva | 9 hours ago

When the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) wound down on March 13 this year, two questioned projects submitted to them for investigation had nothing to do with alleged “ghost” flood control...

‘Mayabang tayo eh’

By CTALK | By Cito Beltran | 9 hours ago

I belatedly read the online Bilyonaryo story so my comments on the matter may be late, but they are heartfelt, nonetheless.

Achieved, but not aspired for

By QWERTYMAN | By Jose Dalisay | 9 hours ago

With the announcement last week of its three new laureates for 2026, the Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation (RMAF) once again drew attention to that transcendent quality so sorely lacking in our public life today:...

MANA: The legacy we choose to leave behind

By GO NEGOSYO PILIPINAS ANGAT LAHAT! | By Joey Concepcion | 9 hours ago

My father, Jose “Joecon” Concepcion Jr., used to say that ideas only become durable when they are pursued with persistence. He spent decades of his life proving it. NAMFREL remains a byword when it comes...

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Infrastructure in crisis: Flash floods and broken bridges

By BABE’S EYE VIEW FROM WASHINGTON D.C. | By Ambassador B. Romualdez | 1 day ago

News from home has been deeply unsettling.

Toll rebate: good optics for gov’t but floods remain

By EYES WIDE OPEN | By Iris Gonzales | 1 day ago

It was the carmageddon of all carmageddons, at least in recent years, as the viral videos and photos of last week’s monstrous flood-induced traffic along the North Luzon Expressway showed.

Eliminate floods!

By BREAKTHROUGH | By Elfren S. Cruz | 1 day ago

I was not planning to write a column on the country’s tragedy regarding floods and the havoc it is creating in people’s lives.

Sara’s latest drama falls flat

By THE POLITICAL HECKLER | By Ronald Llamas | 1 day ago

The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, Branch 98, on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Sara Duterte over three counts of grave threats arising from her November 2024 remarks that she had arranged...

Reclaiming our national soul

By Best Practices | By Brian Poe Llamanzares | 1 day ago

For too long, our nation has been trapped in a false dichotomy.

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When you reach the edge of the Jordan’s waters, go and stand in the river. — Joshua 3:8

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