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The power of ‘La Presidenta’

Before the 2024 presidential elections in Mexico, candidate Claudia Sheinbaum would use a simple declaration…

Lucrative market for smuggled cars

Sen. Win Gatchalian has called for a Senate investigation into the recent spate of smuggling…

The Trumpian worldview

Politics is emotional. It is not always about rational problem-solving but about shaping the way…

An ode to the women who speak up

In a world that has come to expect deference, silence, and polite smiles, every woman…

Proactive stance on HFMD

The disease isn’t fatal and is self-limiting within 7-10 days. Aside from mouth sores and…

The elephant in the world stage

There’s an Indian folktale about six blind men who encountered an elephant for the first…

Costly but substandard bridge

It took over a decade and P1.22 billion in taxpayer money to complete the bridge…

Gruesome cost of bungled Pogo exit

The script practically writes itself: A kidnapped Chinese teenager’s pinkie finger is chopped off; his…

Anti-progress, not anti-poor

In one of his first official acts as secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOTr),…

Reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic

Sometimes called the “great pause,” the COVID-19 pandemic began in late December 2019 in Wuhan,…