WE will finally hear the other side of the coin. Of the total 318 members of the Philippine House of Representatives, only 17 have been invited to appear in the “reinvigorated” next hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee chaired by Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson. One of them is Iloilo City’s Uswag Ilonggo party-list Rep. James “Jojo” Ang, who comes from a family of contractors. Aside from Ang, a protégé of former Iloilo City mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas, no

BECAUSE of the two successive earthquakes that hit Cebu in the Visayas and Davao in Mindanao recently, Filipinos are now fearing the so-called “big one,” a projected magnitude 7.2 earthquake that could affect Metro Manila and nearby provinces as part of the West Valley Fauly's natural long-term cycle, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). And because of those deadly earthquakes, the media attention has shifted from Zaldy Co, Martin Ro

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The death of Charlie Kirk, regardless of one’s agreement or disagreement with his politics, is a tragedy that must be condemned in the...

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IT is often said that “if there is no money, there is no honey”, or simply ”no money, no honey.” It essentially means that without...

The Political Lens and the Legal Divide The recent Supreme Court ruling in G.R. No. 278353, Vice President Sara Z. Duterte vs. House of...

“Walang P20 na bigas, pero punô ang bibig ng pangako.” President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will again stand at the rostrum of...

When President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. arrived at the White House this July, the scene evoked memories of Cold War-era...

NOW that they have given him reason to continue chasing for that elusive WBC belt with a 115-113 , 114-114, 114-114 majority draw after...

WE don’t want a repeat of what we saw 13 years ago when our sports hero, Manny Pacquiao, kissed the canvas and nearly lost his life after...

I’M not paranoid, but while writing this article inside the McDonalds branch at Manhattan’s glitzy Chelsea district June 23 evening, I...

The escalating military confrontation between Israel and Iran has thrust the region—and the world—onto a perilous precipice. With...

In the interest of truth, fairness, and full transparency, Congress must now walk the talk. If its investigations are truly grounded in...

As legal observers follow the developments surrounding former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and the International Criminal...

If the Philippine Senate were still composed of men and women like Hilario Davide Jr., Rene Saguisag, Raul Roco, Raul Manglapus, Eva...

What’s happening in our beloved Los Angeles, the City of Angels, has deeply saddened us Filipinos living on the East Coast. As of this...

Is it greed, arrogance, or a hunger for fame? Whatever it is, it’s turning the once-unified Filipino concert scene in America into a...

Although House Speaker Martin Romualdez remains arguably one of the most disliked—if not hated—figures in Philippine politics today, we...

IF they have common sense and compassion, boxing organizers will not stage the Manny Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KOs) vs Mario Barrios (29-2-1,...