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‘Quezon,’ ‘Heneral Luna,’ and the middle class

There are few things as dispiriting as political cynicism—the scourge of democratic politics. I can’t,…

Almost 1M evacuated as ‘Uwan’ slams Luzon

Almost 1 million people across Luzon and the Visayas were preemptively evacuated as Supertyphoon “Uwan”…

Bato case has own challenges–lawyer

A University of the Philippines (UP) legal analyst said the Supreme Court’s rules on extradition…

Gov’t sets ‘flexible’ tariff on rice imports

President Marcos has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 105 on the adoption next year of…

US gov’t shutdown hits 40th day

WASHINGTON—The government shutdown stretched into its 40th day on Sunday, even as senators stayed in…

Online lending menace

Early this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a plan to cap interest…

Bersamin on ICC arrest of Bato: Not so fast

Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla on Saturday said the International Criminal Court (ICC) had allegedly ordered…

Mass evacuations ahead of intensifying ‘Uwan’ 

Typhoon “Uwan” (international name: Fung-wong) continued to intensify as it began to move toward the…

Magsaysay Award winner pushes for ‘truth commission’ on drug war 

Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Fr. Flaviano “Flavie” Villanueva expressed support for the creation of a…

Market on the brink: Can Baguio folk save a vibrant legacy?

I want to tell you about my city’s public market. It is a porous, wondrous,…