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Haunting that never ends

Haunting that never ends

A fair investigation follows the evidence wherever it leads. Has the verdict already been decided before the investigation even begins?

Bully who cried ‘bully’

Bully who cried ‘bully’

If criticizing that waste of public funds makes one a bully, then every taxpayer in this country should be proud to wear the label.

SENATOR Panfilo Lacson

Investigator forgot his own rules

That’s the danger of ‘kuryente.’ It’s rarely a completely fake story, but usually something stripped of context.

PUBLIC Works Secretary Vince Dizon

Walking home dry

We have learned that lesson the hard way, too many times, that a denial is not proof.

2 Chinas in 1 Pinoy mind

2 Chinas in 1 Pinoy mind

One thing about younger Filipinos is that many of them don’t carry the same baggage their parents do.

Race is on; Phl hits snooze

Race is on; Phl hits snooze

Why are our neighbors gaining ground while we’re losing it? The answer is as frustrating as it is obvious — they are building, while we are stealing.

10 years later, what did we gain?

10 years later, what did we gain?

Talking to a powerful neighbor is not necessarily a sign of weakness. Sometimes diplomacy is precisely what a country needs when military and economic…

Unsettling steel war

Unsettling steel war

Pretending there is no commercial interest behind an industry campaign seeking restrictions on competing technology would insult the public’s intelligence.

Hope on hold AKAP, short for Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program, faces zero allocation in the proposed 2026 budget, leaving countless local governments and community projects high and dry. In this file photo from last December, residents of Baseco, Manila, start lining up before sunrise at Benigno Aquino Elementary School, braving the morning chill and long queues for confiscated frozen mackerel distributed by authorities — a small taste of aid that AKAP would have helped sustain.

The poverty industry

Anything less isn’t poverty alleviation but poverty management — and managing poverty is just a fancy way of accepting it.