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FIRING LINE: Marcos’ flood problem

adminAugust 11, 2026August 11, 202605 mins

FIRING LINE: Marcos’ flood problem By Robert B. Roque Jr | August 11, 2026 As Congress opens deliberations on the 2027 budget, the government faces an uncomfortable reality: underspending. And perhaps not entirely by accident. After hundreds of billions of pesos were swallowed by ghost flood-control projects and other corruption scandals, agencies now appear hesitant…

FROM THE FRINGES: Writing History in a Hurry

adminAugust 7, 2026August 7, 2026015 mins

FROM THE FRINGES: Writing History in a Hurry By Jerome Aning | August 7, 2026 The month of August in the Philippines is History Month, proclaimed by President Benigno S. Aquino III in 2012, expanding and replacing History Week, which has been observed from September 15 to 21 since 1974. For this year, the National…

FIRING LINE: Is Joel making a move in Bulacan?

adminAugust 6, 2026August 6, 202605 mins

FIRING LINE: Is Joel making a move in Bulacan? By Robert B. Roque Jr | August 6, 2026 Sixteen out of twenty-four. That was the headcount when Sen. Joel Villanueva convened Bulacan’s mayors — Angat, Balagtas, Baliwag, Bocaue, Calumpit, Doña Remedios Trinidad, Guiguinto, Hagonoy, Marilao, Norzagaray, Obando, Pandi, Paombong, Pulilan, San Ildefonso, and San Miguel…

Release Duterte: Detention Is A Political Weapon

adminAugust 4, 2026August 4, 202606 mins

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte Release Duterte: Detention Is A Political Weapon By Bing Jabadan – TheNATIONWEEK.com | August 4, 2026 MANILA, Philippines / UNITED NATIONS — The International Career Support Association (ICSA), a Japanese non-governmental organization holding Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), has formally submitted a…

FIRING LINE: Some trash talk

adminAugust 4, 2026August 4, 202606 mins

FIRING LINE: Some trash talk By Robert B. Roque Jr | August 4, 2026 There is a truth so common it barely needs an Ombudsman to say it out loud. Yet Boying Remulla said it anyway, if only to expose the filth of its nature: garbage collection has been a racket in almost every city…

BEHINDPRINT: News Avoidance: Why Readers Tune Out

adminAugust 4, 2026August 5, 202606 mins

BEHINDPRINT: News Avoidance: Why Readers Tune Out By Estrella Torres | August 3, 2026 In the last ten years of teaching journalism, one disturbing fact has been common among students: they do not source news and information from reputable media platforms anymore. The response varies, though, in terms of their sources of news, but most…

Philippines Submits Ecs Claim To Un: Ensuring Maritime Rights

Bing JabadanJuly 31, 2026July 31, 202605 mins

The Philippine delegation, led by Ambassador Enrique A. Manalo, presented the West Palawan ECS claim before the UN CLCS. (Photo courtesy: DFA) Philippines Submits Ecs Claim To Un: Ensuring Maritime Rights By Bing Jabadan – TheNationWeek.com | July 31, 2026 MANILA, Philippines — On July 29, 2026, the Philippines formally presented its partial submission for…

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FROM THE FRINGES: Retrospection, July 2026

adminJuly 31, 2026July 31, 2026017 mins

FROM THE FRINGES: Retrospection, July 2026 By Jerome Aning | July 31, 2026 As part of our arrangement with this news website’s publisher, the fourth column of every month will be a retrospection of the three previous columns. We will be looking back at my previous pieces and devote space for updates, addenda, and epilogues,…

FIRING LINE: When the SONA meets reality

adminJuly 30, 2026July 30, 202605 mins

FIRING LINE: When the SONA meets reality By Robert B. Roque Jr | July 30, 2026 Let me concede what many critics refuse to admit about President Bongbong Marcos’ fifth SONA: it may well have been his strongest yet. It opened by confronting the “elephant in Congress” — the figure he pointedly called “the former…

FIRING LINE: Are we doing enough to protect the youth?

adminJuly 28, 2026July 28, 202605 mins

FIRING LINE: Are we doing enough to protect the youth? By Robert B. Roque Jr. | July 28, 2026 Two Sundays ago on July 19, screenshots began circulating of chat threads allegedly plotting coordinated attacks by apparently radicalized teenagers on three Quezon City public schools — Flora Ylagan High School in Diliman, Ramon Magsaysay High…

Dolly Parton: A Legendary Farewell

Trump Administration Launches “Operation Economic Outcast” Against Iran, Targets China

Israeli Military Targets Palestinian Journalists in West Bank

NAIA Modernization Soars: Landmark Agreement Elevates Airline Operations

Judicial Decorum Betrayed: Insults Mar Impeachment Proceedings, Prosecution’s Flaws Exposed

FIRING LINE: Bring the ‘second parents’ back

FIRING LINE: Marcos’ flood problem

FROM THE FRINGES: Writing History in a Hurry

FIRING LINE: Is Joel making a move in Bulacan?

Release Duterte: Detention Is A Political Weapon

FIRING LINE: Some trash talk

BEHINDPRINT: News Avoidance: Why Readers Tune Out

Philippines Submits Ecs Claim To Un: Ensuring Maritime Rights

FROM THE FRINGES: Retrospection, July 2026

FIRING LINE: When the SONA meets reality

FIRING LINE: Are we doing enough to protect the youth?