Today's stories

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Systems loss, consumers gain

‘There are already writings on the walls, so to speak,’ Alabanza echoed the NGCP warning.

Time to end Mary Jane Veloso’s long ordeal

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is “seriously considering” an absolute pardon for Mary Jane Veloso, the former migrant worker who has spent nearly 17 years in prison and was on the brink of being executed in Indonesia…

Veto sought vs election delay / No choice but to hike fares

Veto the postponement of barangay elections

Impeachment court: A kangaroo court

WHILE Marcos’ minions in the Senate are ecstatic over having succeeded in reducing the number of votes required to convict Vice President Sara Duterte, this attack on the Constitution has only revealed the real nature…

When ego eclipses the Constitution

There is an old, quiet wisdom in classic philosophy and Scripture that warns against vanagloria – the pursuit of empty praise, superficial honor, and applause unearned by genuine substance.

​Learning from the past, Bendalo/Bendalista-style

AMERICAN investigative journalist Sterling Seagrave published in 1988 the book “The Marcos Dynasty,” just after EDSA forced dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. out of power. Political science and public administration…

Better a servant than a slave

From the time I co-hosted the TFC program “Kumusta Kabayan” with Cheryl Cosim, up to a season when my wife Karen and I helped a handful of individuals pursue their goals to work overseas, the various stories of…

BSP as a template for education

I HOPE you watched or watch my interview with Phinma Education’s CEO Chito Salazar, which aired last Friday and is available on YouTube. I learned a lot in that interview and thank Chito again for his many insights into…

Wanted: Counselors

While riveted by the events unfolding at the Senate, let’s not forget the threat faced by millions of young people in our schools.

Language in the pastoral care of migrants

“EACH one heard them speaking in his own language.” This verse from the Acts of the Apostles (2:6) comes from the familiar story of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles, and they began to speak in…

EDITORIAL - After the deluge, the drought

Global experts worldwide have been warning about a looming severe El Niño phenomenon this year.

More ‘whammies’ coming Aguda’s way?

LAST Sept. 17, Information and Communication Technology Secretary Henry Aguda walked away from the budget hearing in Congress disappointed after lawmakers decided to defer approval of the more than P18-billion budget he…

Salex: The new menace in the Third World

WHILE we are bogged down in traffic, hoping for solutions to our mobility problem in the way that progressive cities have done — providing affordable and efficient mass public transportation like trains, subways, and…

Tinambac unlimited

THERE is a town in Camarines Sur, about 50 kilometers from Naga City, that many of us mention in passing but rarely stop to understand. Its name is Tinambac. It is less than an hour’s drive from the capital city, yet…