MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday accused the Marcos administration of being behind dismissed police officer Rodulfo “Rody” Gracioso Jr.’s allegations against her, claiming that money was…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) forecast a high chance of rains in some areas. Pagasa Weather Specialist Benison Estareja said in Filipino…
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday hinted that her brother, Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte, could be the one to make a national political run, recalling that their mother had once…
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday denied allegations made by dismissed police officer Rodulfo Gracioso Jr., saying she will submit her affidavit to the National Bureau of Investigation on…
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp on Tuesday said the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) executive director’s testimony did not confirm former senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s allegations against…
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday confirmed receiving a copy of former OVP official Rodulfo “Rody” Gracioso Jr.’s affidavit from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), saying it contains…
MANILA, Philippines — Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla warned that delays by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in providing documents requested by investigators could undermine efforts to build and prosecute smuggling cases…
FORMER House speaker Lord Allan Velasco and his wife, Rowena, skipped their scheduled appearance before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday, sending lawyers instead to obtain the affidavit accusing them…
NINETY-ONE firearms registered to fugitive Sen. Ronald dela Rosa remain unaccounted for, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Monday. In a press briefing in Camp Crame, PNP’s Civil Security Group director Maj. Gen…
STOCKHOLM — The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work in the field of optogenetics. The field…
THE habagat or southwest monsoon season has ended, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Monday. “A gradual shift in the prevailing weather pattern has been…
SENATORS Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan are pushing for stronger law enforcement capabilities for the Office of the Ombudsman so it could effectively investigate corruption. During the joint hearing…
CHIEF Justice Alexander Gesmundo led a Supreme Court delegation to the United States to explore next-generation cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that could strengthen the judiciary’s digital…
THE cost of diesel went down on Tuesday, while the prices of gasoline and kerosene went up. Shell reduced the per-liter diesel price by P1.30 but hiked gasoline by P1.90, and kerosene by P3.30 per liter. Seaoil dropped…
EDUCATION Secretary Sonny Angara said on Monday teacher welfare remains central to the agenda of the Marcos administration. Angara and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. joined about 10,000 teachers in a celebration at the…
SENATE President Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday sounded the alarm over what he called “red-flag” items in the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) proposed budget for 2027. Citing an extensive analytical…
SEN. Panfilo Lacson on Monday challenged the Taguig City government’s description of his video showing alleged continued illegal reclamation along the city’s Laguna Lake shoreline as “curated,” saying the footage came…
SEN. Bong Go has called for broader wage increases nationwide and urged labor officials to look beyond Metro Manila as rising prices continue to erode workers’ purchasing power. Go made the appeal during the recent…
THE Chinese Embassy in Manila on Monday denied funding a “particular political faction in the Philippines.” The statement comes after former senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused Vice President Sara Duterte of receiving…
AT least 13 people believed to be members of the True Brown Style (TBS) gang have been arrested from August 2024 to Sept. 28, 2026, the National Capital Region Police Office said Monday. Two were apprehended in 2024…
CONSTRUCTION of a long-delayed flood mitigation project at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) in Manila has speeded up, from just 2 percent to 30 percent in three months as the Marcos…
THE country’s crime trend has dropped by 29.75 percent from July to September this year, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Monday. The 7,233 cases reported during that period were fewer than last year’s 10,296…
MANILA Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso on Monday announced the start of the city’s enhanced No Contact Apprehension Program, or NCAP 2.0. “Those who are reckless on the road have no more excuse because today, we are starting…
SEN. Loren Legarda called for a government-wide overhaul of anti-corruption measures, saying an estimated P2.75 trillion in economic losses and foregone opportunities linked to corruption and inflation underscores the…
SEN. Loren Legarda is welcome to return to the Senate majority bloc, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Monday amid talks of her possible return to the coalition. Lacson, however, said Legarda should first return to the…
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio on Monday condemned the police dispersal of teachers and education workers protesting near Malacañang, saying it showed how the government treated educators demanding higher…
MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City Regional Trial Court (QC-RTC) on Tuesday found two men guilty of murdering a broadcaster in Kidapawan City in Cotabato province in 2019. The QC-RTC’s Branch 228 sentenced to…
IMUS CITY, CAVITE — The National Teachers Day did not go well for a female teacher who was hit by a minibus in Barangay Pag-asa 3, Imus City, Cavite, on Oct. 5, 2026. The police said the victim was standing on the…
Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will replicate the nature-based flood solution project initiated by the Malolos City Government in Bulacan. Malolos City Mayor Christian Natividad…
MANILA, Philippines —The Quezon City-Regional Trial Court (QC-RTC) on Tuesday found two men guilty of murdering a broadcaster in Kidapawan City in Cotabato province in 2019. The QCRTC’s Branch 228 sentenced to reclusion…
TIPO-TIPO, Basilan — Ten government personnel, including two army officers, were wounded after a group of armed men ambushed a convoy of six vehicles in Barangay Badja in this municipality on Monday morning, Oct. 5…
CEBU CITY — Thousands of Cebuano children are entering the fourth grade without the reading skills expected for their age, with more than 31,600 Grades 1 to 3 learners still struggling to read at their respective levels…
BACOLOD CITY — The 2026–2027 sugar milling season is already underway, but the outlook is bleak as production is expected to fall by roughly 12 percent from last year’s levels and the cost of producing sugar has…
ILOILO CITY — The Dinagyang Festival will return to the heart of Iloilo City in 2027, with organizers bringing back all major judging areas to the City Proper, reviving festival banderitas and expanding the tribes…
BALANGA CITY, Bataan — Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) has turned over an electric vehicle (EV) fleet and fast-charging infrastructure to the Provincial Government of Bataan to support its Libreng Sakay (Free Ride)…
TACLOBAN CITY — School heads and personnel in Tacloban City are being trained in Psychological First Aid to help students cope with emotional distress and crisis situations. The training is part of a three-day series of…
BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya — For many families in the uplands and far-flung areas, the coming December will be different — their homes will have bright lights for the first time when night falls, especially during the…
ILOILO CITY — The Roman Catholic Church in Antique has called for a government-backed “just transition” away from coal in Semirara Island, urging authorities to protect workers and communities while preparing for the…
THE foreign trade of Guangdong province, the country’s manufacturing and transportation hub, stood at 6.49 trillion yuan ($960 billion) in the first seven months of the year, rising 20.5 percent year on year and…
BANGKOK — Risks to Southeast Asia's energy supplies are multiplying faster than nations are coming up with solutions to meet rapidly rising demand for electricity, according to an International Energy Agency report…
MANILA, Philippines — Four Filipino women executives have been named among Fortune’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Asia for 2026, with Mynt President and CEO Martha Sazon ranking highest among the Philippine contingent at…
MANILA, Philippines — Higher prices of key food items, along with rising transport and energy costs, drove inflation higher last month, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Tuesday. Consumer price growth…
STRONGER monitoring, improved valuation and assessment, and intensified action against smuggling helped the Bureau of Customs (BOC) raise a record P757.4 billion in the first nine months of 2026. Preliminary data from…
THE Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) has further lowered its growth forecasts for the Philippines, citing the impact of higher oil prices, rising inflation and domestic headwinds. In an update to its…
THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will extend its “no disconnection” policy to the end of the year but will limit the relief to customers consuming 200 kilowatt-hours (kWh) or less per month. “With regards to the…
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has imposed a two-percent withholding tax on electricity sold through the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), to be deducted by the Independent Electricity Market Operator of…
THE peso started the week weaker while the stock market rebounded sharply ahead of today’s release of September inflation data. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) jumped 114.18 points or 2.03 percent…
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has requested an additional P45 billion for farm and fuel aid as part of its response to El Niño and the ongoing energy crisis. “[W]e’re asking for P45 billion in the budget,”…
THE country’s rice stocks fell 8 percent year on year in September, while corn inventories rose 47 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Monday. Rice stocks totaled 1.91 million metric tons (MT) as…
TOSHIBA Corp. wants to expand its nearline hard disk drive (NL-HDD) manufacturing in the Philippines over the next three years, taking advantage of incentives under the Create More Law, the Philippine Economic Zone…
ASTRAZENECA wants to build a Clinical Trial Center of Excellence in Manila this year as it expands its partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to develop the Philippines into a regional hub for…
AUTHORITIES seized 11.5 metric tons of undocumented imported meat worth P5.19 million from two stores in Pasay City, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported Monday. The Sept. 22 to 23 operation along C.A. Lucban…
“HAVE you ever worked with the Philippines before?” “We are in the Philippines.” These remarks surface repeatedly in investment dialogues. They are more than reminders of where we do business. They can signal an…
ARTHALAND Corp. raised P2.15 billion from an offering of Series G and H preferred shares that were listed on Monday. The offering was 1.43 times oversubscribed despite continued market volatility, the company said…
THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered Dual Fuel Petroleum Corp. to stop offering investments to the public after finding that its P500,000 franchise co-ownership scheme constituted an unregistered…
SM Prime Holdings Inc. said Monday that its major live entertainment venues had drawn over 1 million visitors in the first eight months of 2026, up 52 percent from a year earlier amid sustained demand for concerts…
ABOITIZ Power Corp. (AboitizPower) subsidiary Therma Mobile, Inc. has sold two bunker C-fired power barges to Razon-led MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition was part of…
FILINVEST REIT Corp. (FILRT) is broadening its tenant mix at Northgate Cyberzone in Alabang with the entry an international school, diversifying beyond its traditional office and business process outsourcing (BPO)…
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, reported on Monday a 47-percent jump in third-quarter revenue year-on-year that beat market estimates, fueled by strong artificial intelligence…
AKZONOBEL said on Monday it has agreed to sell its Southeast Asian decorative paints business to Nippon Paint for $1.35 billion, completing a review of its Asian decorative paints portfolio. The sale covers decorative…
FRANCE’s Schneider Electric struck its biggest deal ever on Monday, agreeing to buy in an all-cash deal valuing the US software company’s equity at around $22.6 billion, it said in a statement. The $205-per-share offer…
TOKYO — Japan’s service sector expanded at a weaker pace in September as business activity and new orders grew more slowly and earthquake disruption dampened demand, a business survey showed on Monday. The S&P Global…
SINGAPORE — Middle East oil exports, excluding from Iran, surpassed their pre-war levels last week, despite attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler. For the…
RISING political opposition to US data centers has limited near-term impact on their rapid expansion, Goldman Sachs said, with its growth outlook through 2027 remaining largely intact. Goldman raised its 2026 year-end…
SUSTAINABILITY is no longer an optional goal for Philippine cities and municipalities. It is increasingly a condition for survival, resilience and economic growth. This was the central message at The Manila Times 7th…
THE Philippine accommodation pipeline stands at 45,884 room keys across 213 projects to open over the next six years, according to the 2026 Philippine Accommodation Pipeline Report released on Sept. 16 by the Philippine…
CONDORMITELS — a combination of the words “condominium” and “dormitories” — are a safe and comfortable home-away-from-home for students to live, study and unwind amid a setting of modern amenities and a community…
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian air defenses intercepted nearly 900 Ukrainian drones overnight over multiple regions of the country, as well as the occupied Crimean Peninsula and the Sea of Azov, the Defense Ministry in Moscow…
PAPHOS, Cyprus — Details were presented on Tuesday in the trial of a British man who pleaded guilty to a charge of negligence regarding the fatal fall of his 3-year-old son from a hotel window in Cyprus. According to…
PARIS — Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in cities across France on Tuesday in support of protests by school pupils demanding more education funding, increasing pressure on the government of outgoing President…
BARCELONA, Spain — A Spanish Supreme Court judge lifted the arrest warrant for Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday, clearing the way for him to return home without fear of detention for the first time…
BERLIN — A former head of Germany 's foreign intelligence service was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said. August…
Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful “The PTL Club” TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86…
STOCKHOLM — Belgian physicist Francis Halzen on Tuesday won the Nobel Prize in Physics for work on subatomic particles at the South Pole, the award jury said. "This year's prize is about ghostly messengers from space,"…
HANOI, Vietnam — Police in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City arrested 12 men suspected of operating a citywide ring that stole and resold about 2,700 cats for meat, Vietnamese state media said. Police identified 39-year-old…
GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it deemed the public health risk in Russia to be low, following reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague. A worker at the anti-plague institute in…
STOCKHOLM — This year's Nobel literature prize could go to a Chinese or a Caribbean woman when it is awarded later this week, literary critics say, in a bid to diversify an award that has most often gone to Western male…
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has begun a three-nation tour of NATO allies with a stop Tuesday in Iceland, where unease persists about the Trump administration's Arctic intentions even after a…
Some of Tennessee's top Republicans said Monday they want to explore alternative ways of executing condemned prisoners after the failed execution of Christa Pike, which relied on a large dose of pentobarbital. U.S. Sen…
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Research in particle physics, astrophysics or the invention of an "invisibility cloak" are some of the achievements that could be honoured when the Nobel physics prize is awarded Tuesday. The award…
LOS ANGELES — The FBI arrested a California real estate agent as she prepared to fly to China, accusing her of secretly working for Beijing to surveil the president of Taiwan's family in the US, federal officials said…
ITHACA, New York — Cornell students thronged a campus plaza to protest the university's response to allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house, and the school's main administration building was splashed with…
Over a dozen leaders touched down on the tiny Pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu on Tuesday for a first-hand look at a once-vibrant ecosystem wiped out due to climate change. The getaway comes on the sidelines of the…
TAIZ, Yemen — Iran-backed Houthis on Monday said they had struck Riyadh's international airport, an Aramco refinery and several other sites in Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said they had destroyed…
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — A double decker bus drove off a road and tipped over in southern Sweden on Monday, killing an 18-year-old and injuring dozens, officials said. Images from the accident, which occurred between the…
LONDON, United Kingdom — British author Jeffrey Archer, who penned a series of best-selling novels, served as a Conservative MP and was convicted of perjury, died suddenly at 86, his publisher HarperCollins said. Archer…
More than 500 of France's 3,700 lycees were fully or partially closed on Monday, and bigger demonstrations dubbed "Act III" by a secondary school students' union are expected on Tuesday as social media calls mount for a…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court on Monday gave more details about arrest warrants issued last year for two Afghan education ministers accused of committing crimes against humanity through the…
BRASILIA — Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro, finished ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s election, which will go to a runoff in three weeks. In…
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel Monday to Iceland to continue pressing US interests in the Arctic, two weeks after Washington sealed a security pact on Greenland. Rubio will meet with…
MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Monday he would call an early election on Nov. 29, after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government. The defeat in parliament on…
LOS ANGELES — A woman accused of spying for China on Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te’s son and his family was arrested Sunday in the United States, US and Taiwanese officials said. Wanying Zhang, 34, was detained by the…
WASHINGTON — The United States confirmed Sunday that it has withdrawn all B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford, a British airbase at the center of a counter-terrorism probe after a mysterious security incident last month…
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi calls China an “important neighbor” and pledges to build a stable relationship between the rival nations in a policy address on Monday, according to media reports…
YANGON — Myanmar has repatriated nearly 10,000 migrants from Malaysia this year, state media said on Monday, a day after a flotilla returning almost 1,500 of its citizens docked in the country. The United Nations (UN)…
NADI — Fiji urged developed nations on Monday to back a just transition to renewable energy and support those most vulnerable to climate change with much-needed financing, as the UN “pre-COP” gathering kicked off in the…
ISLAMABAD — More than 5,000 supporters of imprisoned former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan began a dayslong march toward Islamabad on Sunday to demand his release, after talks between the government and the…
WELLINGTON — Samoa’s Prime Minister Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt apologized Monday for a video from 19 years earlier in which he said “Heil Hitler” and made a Nazi gesture during what he described as a family gathering. His…
MANILA, Philippines — Hockey Philippines on Monday said they are looking for a new head coach for their national team. Earlier this year, Czech coach Václav Drábek coached the men’s national team to a winless campaign…
NAGOYA, Japan — The 20th Asian Games were a blur, a sports kaleidoscope of 45 countries and regions that went dark on Sunday, closed officially by Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, the president of the Olympic Council of…
MANILA, Philippines -- Mapua University outlasted Emilio Aguinaldo College in overtime, 89-84, at the San Juan Arena Tuesday to roll to its third straight win in the NCAA Season 102 men's basketball tournament. Russel…
NCAA Season 102 Men’s Basketball Tournament Mapua def. EAC in OT (89-84) Cyrus Cuenco Player of the Game #NCAASeason102
ROME — Tennis world number one Jannik Sinner has brought a premature end to his season due to a knee injury, the Italian announced on Tuesday. "Me, together with the doctors, have decided that I need a course of…
MANILA, Philippines -- Jose Rizal University escaped Arellano University, 64-62, at the San Juan Arena Tuesday to take its second straight win in the NCAA Season 102 men's basketball tournament. The Heavy Bombers went…
NCAA Season 102 Men’s Basketball Tournament JRU def. Arellano (64-62) Lawrence Mangubat Player of the Game #NCAASeason102
MANILA, Philippines — Basketball has always been a game of nerves especially in college sport. Fans shout. Students and alumni taunt. School bands make noise. And when an opposing player goes to the free-throw line, the…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine athletics team is no longer hesitant to compete at the highest level of international competition. With the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) ramping up its…
MANILA, Philippines — The NBA on Disney+ 2026–27 season starts here! Disney+ Philippines brought The Plus Side of Basketball closer to Filipino fans by welcoming ESPN NBA insiders Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon to…
MANILA, Philippines — Tim Cone is expecting a solid Gilas Pilipinas roster by the time the national team resumes its training in preparation for the fifth window of the FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers in November…
BRISBANE, Australia — The cockatoo has won out over the kangaroo, the koala and the bin chicken to become the emblem of the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics — after a bit of an embarrassing social media leak. It's now…
MANILA, Philippines -- Changing his environment and rediscovering his passion in pole vault powered EJ Obiena's resurgent 2026 season. Following a down season in 2025, Obiena bounced back and seized 10 gold medals this…
MANILA, Philippines – Following her official appointment as Global Sports Ambassador, IAM Worldwide has launched its newest commercial starring global pickleball sensation and undisputed World No. 1 Anna Leigh Waters…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NHL all-time scoring leader Alex Ovechkin said Monday that the current season will be his last in the North American ice hockey league. The Russian superstar left wing is in his 22nd season with the…
MANILA, Philippines — Fresh off her 2026 Asian Games stint, Filipina tennis ace Alex Eala had her first-ever experience attending a runway show in Paris, attending the Chanel Spring/Summer Season 27 on Oct. 5 at the…
MANILA, Philippines -- Leading the Philippines at the 20th Asian Games with two gold medals in Japan, gymnast Carlos Yulo shifts his focus to the World Championships from October 17 to 25 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. "I'm…
NEW YORK — The NBA is experimenting with two pieces of technology in the leadup to the season, the league announced Monday. Select exhibition games will include a smart basketball that has a Bluetooth sensor in it and…
PHILADELPHIA — LeBron James and Joel Embiid are among the healthy inactives for the Philadelphia 76ers in their preseason opener Monday night against the NBA champion New York Knicks. All-Star guard Tyrese Maxey also…
GYMNAST Carlos Yulo and taekwondo jin Jeus Yape emerged as the top cash incentive earners among Filipino athletes who medaled at the just-concluded 20th Asian Games in Japan. Under Republic Act 10699 or the National…
TEAM Philippines secured its most impressive overall medal tally in six decades at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, finishing with 29 total medals consisting of four golds, nine silvers, and 16 bronzes. This stands as…
FILIPINO tennis ace Alex Eala is already eliminated from WTA Finals contention after skipping the WTA 1000 China Open for the 20th Asian Games in Japan. Currently at No. 17, an “X” is already placed next to Eala’s name…
THE Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) continues to demonstrate its unwavering commitment to the national cause, adjusting its calendar to support Gilas Pilipinas in their quest to secure a berth in the 2027 FIBA…
STOCKY Fil-American forward Caelan Tiongson has signed a two-year extension deal with Rain or Shine, assuring the Elasto Painters of a solid front court player through 2029. The 6-foot-4 Tiongson inked his fresh…
LOS ANGELES —Jackson Chourio smacked a walk-off two-run single to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday (Monday in Manila) and a commanding 2-0 lead in their Major League Baseball…
LOS ANGELES — Journeyman golfer Austin Smotherman claimed the first PGA Tour victory of his career on Sunday (Monday in Manila), sealing a two-stroke triumph at the Bank of Utah Championship. Smotherman, 32, carded a…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Lionel Messi will bring the curtain down on his glittering Argentina career on Tuesday with a farewell friendly against Benin that marks the dawn of a new era for the South American champions…
MANILA, Philippines — Former “Pinoy Big Brother” housemate Michael Sager is returning to the reality show, this time stepping as one of the hosts of “Pinoy Big Brother Collab 3.0.” Sager, who was a housemate in “Pinoy…
UNDERSTANDING a lesson can become harder when students are also trying to understand the language being used to teach it. This is the gist of a new policy note from the Philippine Institute for Development Studies…
THOSE who may have wanted former senator Antonio Trillanes IV kept away from the Senate witness stand should reconsider what they have accomplished. His withdrawal from the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara…
First Word WITH the final curtain rung down on the 20th Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, and the national sports delegations now on their way home, the squeeze is on to massage a disappointing Filipino performance at the…
IN the midst of the political maelstrom stirred by former senator Antonio Trillanes IV, perhaps it’s time to press the pause button and take a deep breath. To be clear, this is not a plea to evade the issues. Serious…
THERE are a couple of interesting things happening this week, including the Asean Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) being held at the Philippine International Convention Center on Wednesday and Thursday, and the…
THE prosecution’s decisive challenge is no longer merely reaching a legal threshold of 14 votes; it is making conviction politically defensible to senators whose judgment will turn on both the evidence and public…
First of two parts THERE is a dearth of detail on the life of the Brains of the Katipunan Emilio Jacinto after his leader, friend and mentor Andres Bonifacio’s death on May 10, 1897. But he left papers that give us an…
UP to the 1980s, I still fondly remember the times when our band of boys would reconnoiter the water canals of our town in Padre Garcia, Batangas. We considered those canals as part of our childhood adventures. Yes, the…
PAGASA has warned of an intensifying Super El Niño, which could persist from October 2026 and peak toward the first quarter of 2027. It is described as an exceptional warming of sea surface temperatures to almost 2…
THE Senate has an opportunity to finally move forward on a national land use policy that the Philippines has discussed for far too long. Sen. Raffy Tulfo, as chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural…
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