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‘Ayuda’ for content

A young actress recently drew heavy criticism after videos of her relief efforts circulated online.…

Sustaining Project Noah

The release of P1 billion to strengthen Project Noah or the Nationwide Operational Assessment of…

Making sense of the 2027 national budget

The Philippine economy badly needs a shot in the arm. Economic growth has fallen in…

Of fall guys and scapegoats

Liability-wise, an uncertain future awaits Gina Acosta, the former special disbursing officer (SDO) of the…

Bigger than our fears

The Department of Education (DepEd) originally scheduled a nationwide simultaneous school safety drill but postponed…

Stuck in a circular firing squad

From Ryszard Kapuściński’s book “Shah of Shahs,” about the last shah of Iran, which came…

Gun regulations and the youth

Shootings in schools have, until recently, been thought of as something “Western” or even American.…

School shooting: Three is too late

One is random, two is a coincidence, and three is a trend, or so the…

Our need for culprits

Barely a week has passed since the shooting at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU)…

Poverty fell slightly in 2026 Q2

Last week’s media release of Social Weather Stations (SWS) was: “Self-Rated Poverty fell by 3%,…