
Ending 2025 with a clear, new hope
If 2025 had a defining theme, it was accountability. The public demanded it loudly yet it was offered unevenly by those in power.
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If 2025 had a defining theme, it was accountability. The public demanded it loudly yet it was offered unevenly by those in power.
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Choosing SM Cinema for the next franchise installment or festival entry becomes a small but steady way to back public education.
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Weak trade-in-goods is attributed to the forecast deficit in the Philippines’ balance of payments (BoP) position until 2026, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas…
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Despite the challenges confronting the Philippines amid the flood control scandal, the country’s low inflation rate is expected to continue preserving…
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Kintsugi (金継ぎ), or “golden joinery,” is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum. Instead of hiding…
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The launch also highlighted SM Cinema’s introduction of SCREENX, a 270-degree panoramic film format.
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Parents play a crucial role in guiding children so that technology supports — not replaces — the fundamentals of healthy growth.
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This broken promise carries consequences. It directly undermines the President’s credibility and the potency of his anti-corruption platform. Likewise, it…
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The review of 2025 is important, because this year did not move slowly. It rushed at us with speed and intensity, shaking foundations and exposing fault lines.
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Funding the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) digital agriculture program would help prevent corruption, “ghost farmers,” and wasteful projects similar to those…
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Mary might be a factory worker whose contract ended just as her belly began to grow, carrying not only a child but also the weight of judgment placed on…
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Recto has defended the transfer of excess funds, including P89.9 billion from PhilHealth and P117 billion from the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp, saying he…
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ANOTHER GRIDLOCK. The northbound section of Roxas Boulevard in Baclaran, Parañaque City, is experiencing heavy traffic on Christmas Day as Phase 1 of the EDSA…
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LGUs must be incentivized not just to digitize, but to report consistently and accurately.
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Pause in wonder, even horror, at the audacity of a member of this very class daring to attack his own kind.
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Executive Secretary Ralph Recto confirmed on Wednesday that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will sign the 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) in the first…
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As the calendar turns, the challenge is not to leave Christmas behind with the decorations, but to carry its values forward.
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Executive Secretary and former Finance Secretary Ralph Recto and former Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president Emmanuel R. Ledesma Jr. were…
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