I’m not ashamed to tell friends about the two times Meralco cut power to our house for lack of cash to pay for it, in the year after I left the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) in 1998, having completed eight years there. Our still young children then were traumatized by the darkness in […]... Keep on reading: Brushes with corruption
Filipinos are a passionate people, but too often our passion burns like ningas cogon—a sudden blaze that quickly dies out. Nothing shows this more starkly than our attitude toward corruption. A scandal breaks. We rage, we demand resignations, we threaten impeachments. Then, as soon as the next crisis distracts us, the fire goes cold. Corruption […]... Keep on reading: Why we need a corruption museum
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Government buildings on fire. Police stations reduced to ashes. Symbols of power and any expression of elite decadence sequestered by enraged protesters. Properties ransacked and cars burned down. Security forces turning increasingly violent amid desperate isolation. Young men parading atop luxury cars confiscated from the crooks. The military placed on alert. Protesters taunting, then chased […]... Keep on reading: ‘Moralpolitik’: Is PH the most corrupt nation?
Some of you may have heard about a brave Dutch boy who saved Haarlem, a Dutch municipality near Amsterdam, from floods. Large parts of the Netherlands are below sea level, and the Dutch, over the centuries, have built an impressive and effective flood management system, which includes dikes to hold back water from flooding into […]... Keep on reading: Finger on the dike
General Santos City–Here in this city, where floods are quite rare compared to Metro Manila, Cotabato, and other low-lying Maguindanao localities, the issue is not the presence or absence of anomalous flood control projects. There is a citywide uproar about a huge infrastructure project that has instead caused flooding on a main thoroughfare in the […]... Keep on reading: A flood-causing infrastructure project
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In the wake of the public uproar over the dismissal of the petition for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, the Supreme Court may try to change public perception by considering the practical wisdom of lowering the age limit for presidential candidates. Given the rut we are in, I see nothing wrong with having […]... Keep on reading: Choosing the best candidate before he grows old and we miss our chance
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday refuted China’s recent travel advisory in which it warned its citizens of the “worsening” public security and crime situation in the Philippines “with increasing crimes targeting Chinese nationals.” “The relevant travel advisories issued by China mischaracterize the situation in the Philippines,” the DFA said […]... Keep on reading: DFA: China travel advisories ‘mischaracterize’ PH situation
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is seeking up to P9 billion in additional funds for the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to cover the honorariums of teachers and expenses for new voters. During the House committee on appropriations hearing on Monday, Comelec Chair George Garcia said the P9 billion would be added to […]... Keep on reading: Comelec needs P9B more for 2026 barangay, SK polls
The Supreme Court (SC) en banc has designated Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Ma. Theresa Dolores Gomez-Estoesta as the new court administrator, effective Sept. 1. She replaces former Court Administrator Raul Villanueva, who is now an associate justice of the Supreme Court. The Office of the Court Administrator is tasked to help the high tribunal in overseeing […]... Keep on reading: Sandigan judge is new SC court administrator
DIGOS CITY—Davao del Sur Rep. John Tracy Cagas corrected reports that his province has been allocated P180 billion for flood control projects. Cagas, who represents the lone district of Davao del Sur, said the combined budget allocated for flood control for Davao City and Davao del Sur last year was P10 billion covering 168 projects, […]... Keep on reading: Cagas debunks P180-B flood control projects in Davao del Sur
LIGAO CITY—For generations of students in the storm-battered island province of Catanduanes, typhoons have meant more than just flying rooftops or power outages—they’ve meant weeks of lost learning. But that’s about to change. On Aug. 28, Education Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara led the inauguration of a typhoon-resilient, two-story, 10-classroom building at Baras Central Elementary […]... Keep on reading: Typhoon-proof school buildings rise in Catanduanes
TACLOBAN CITY—A P192.3-million flood control project in Hernani, Eastern Samar has come under scrutiny from concerned citizens who alleged that the infrastructure exists largely “on paper,” despite reports of an 84.72-percent completion rate. The group, calling itself as “concerned citizen of Eastern Samar,” appealed to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in a social media post on […]... Keep on reading: P192-M Eastern Samar project to fight flooding also scrutinized
Exactly a year ago, the PLDT High Speed Hitters suffered a heartbreak at the hands of Akari in the fifth set of a game mostly remembered for a close call on an unsuccessful net fault video challenge in the PVL Reinforced Conference knockout semifinal. The pain of that defeat lingered for months, but the High […]... Keep on reading: On anniversary of heartbreak, PLDT hammers out perfect ending
When Savi Davison arrived in the country two years ago, the plan was just to try what Philippine volleyball had to offer. Davison flew to her mother’s home country to play professional volleyball after finishing a degree in Biochemistry (minor: Human Biology) at New Mexico State University. It was a risky move, but it was […]... Keep on reading: It’s all worth it now for risk-taking Davison
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