War, words, and photo ops
THERE was a photograph of Chinese President Xi Jinping in full camouflage uniform beside some of his military brass taken during his visit in early November last year to a …
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What healing?
THIS question must be asked: Where would President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. be when the first holiday of the year outside of New Year’s Day is celebrated by a divided …
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Of onions and coups
IF onions could launch a revolt, we should have new government leaders by now. However, onions, or their prices, could only make coup plotters weep as it does to the …
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Feeding Juan
MANNY Piñol breathes farming, knows to farm, and– whenever he is without a pen and a paper– lives farming. An exclusive Pinoy Publiko visit to his Kidapawan farm in Cotabato …
Feeding Juan Read More Attention, Mr. President
MORE than a thousand key government positions will be left vacant at the strike of midnight ushering in the New Year. Many of these are due to the courtesy resignations …
Attention, Mr. President Read More Deterrent?
PRIOR to Rodrigo Duterte’s exit, the Philippines ranked seventh on the list of most dangerous countries for journalists. It was behind troubled countries Somalia, Syria, Iraq, South Sudan, Afghanistan, and …
Deterrent? Read More Jolts
ENERGY consumer rights advocate Pete Ilagan this week asked President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to reevaluate what not a few calls a misplaced judgment by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on …
Jolts Read More Sullied paradise
THE view from the plane seat was breathtaking. All hues of green deceptively covered what remains of the illegal logging activities in the province of Leyte– the birthplace of Imelda …
Sullied paradise Read More We remember
“MOVE on!” Or so says Imee Marcos, now a senator after years of political isolation, that convenience is sought now that her family is back in power. “Not yet,” say …
We remember Read More Marcos picks questioned
(Editor’s note: Aldrin Cardona is a veteran journalist.) TWO events last week most likely went unnoticed by the common Filipino electricity consumer but these would be crucial for him in …
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