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  2. SoNA: A country Filipinos deserve

    SoNA: A country Filipinos deserve

    This time his speechwriter must have, in devil-may-care fashion, put in reverse order the main culprits in the epic floodgate scandal.

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  3. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivering his SONA 2026

    Racket Man

    ‘Mr. President, please pack all your House allies into a spacecraft and send them up Uranus.’

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  5. F@ck Silica?

    F@ck Silica?

    It also seems highly suspect why anyone would want to tap the Philippines as a critical partner in such a massive undertaking.

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  6. SoNA come-lately

    SoNA come-lately

    Quick research shows that Meralco loses about 5.72 percent of the electricity passing through its system, still below the government’s allowable limit of 6.5…

    2 MIN READ

  7. What we choose to remember

    What we choose to remember

    As the nation reflects on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address and observes National History Month, this commentary explores why…

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  9. SUAL casts forward A big catch means little if it rots before reaching market. That is why the Sual Fish Port — the only regional fish port in Northern Luzon — has been modernized. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (second from right) made the statement to fishermen during the launch of new processing, cold storage, sorting, docking, and access road facilities in Pangasinan.

    Marcos takes dev’t agenda nationwide

    Following his fifth State of the Nation Address, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. launched nationwide initiatives on healthcare, housing, energy, education, food…

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  10. Immortal pork

    Immortal pork

    One of the more notable omissions in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s recent State of the Nation Address was a renewed warning against tampering with the…

    3 MIN READ

  11. PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s

    Earth to Marcos

    A sounding rocket test in Cagayan sounds futuristic, but back on Earth, the Philippines is facing a staggering backlog of over 165,000 classrooms.

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  12. Senate president Sherwin Gatchalian leads the opening of the Second Regular Session of the 20th Congress on Monday, 27 July, 2026 in Pasay City.| Aram Lascano

    The Clock is Ticking

    Because of this ticking clock, Marcos’ national agenda is no longer about what he wants to do, but what Congress is willing to let him do.

    3 MIN READ

  13. Populist promise, unfunded mandate

    Populist promise, unfunded mandate

    Filipinos have every right to be angry that they’re being billed for electricity siphoned off by illegal connections their utility failed to police.

    3 MIN READ

  15. TRUE to the Palace’s SoNA outfit theme ‘austerity,’ actress Yassi Pressman attended the SoNA in a P1000 terno.

    So what if SoNA is a fashion show?

    The role of fashion at the State of the Nation Address sparks debate as the column argues that Filipiniana, Filipino designers, and local artisans represent…

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  16. Silence means capitulation

    Silence means capitulation

    What the speech did not do, in any sustained way, was treat crime and drugs as a critical problem requiring a national answer.

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