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Headwinds at the airport
by Iris Gonzales - April 29, 2025 - 12:00am
Critics of the country’s main gateway or the San Miguel Corp.-led consortium now managing its operations may not agree, but there have been noticeable changes at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport –...
Bullying: A national emergency
by Iris Gonzales - April 27, 2025 - 12:00am
The edge-of-your-seat Netflix drama “Adolescence” has put the spotlight on issues that a young person may face as an adolescent. One of the themes tackled in the series is bullying.
‘Scandalous inequality’
by Iris Gonzales - April 24, 2025 - 12:00am
In a world that is moving and turning at dizzying speed – and increasingly backward and rightward – Pope Francis had been that rare moral titan, unafraid to say the things that must be said.
PAL taps British aviation expert as new president
by Iris Gonzales - April 23, 2025 - 12:00am
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) is set to name British aviation veteran Richard Nuttall as its new president, industry sources told The STAR.
From black magic to blackouts
by Iris Gonzales - April 22, 2025 - 12:00am
Maundy Thursday night, riding a tricycle down Mt. Bandilaan – home to Siquijor’s famed healers – I looked back and gasped. The mountain behind us had disappeared into a pitch-black curtain, with...
What’s happening to Alyansa?
by Iris Gonzales - April 20, 2025 - 12:00am
That was a welcome pause – Maundy Thursday and Good Friday – from the dizzying political circus, which has become as scorching as the sweltering summer heat.
‘Strange Fruit’
by Iris Gonzales - April 17, 2025 - 12:00am
There’s no lack of rituals in this nation of 120 million as Filipinos observe Holy Week.
Red light, green light
by Iris Gonzales - April 15, 2025 - 12:00am
The Trump administration announced yet another surprising trade policy pivot, this time a sweeping tariff exemption on key tech imports.
Revisiting the Masungi Georeserve
by Iris Gonzales - April 13, 2025 - 12:00am
It was a fitting time to revisit the Masungi Georeserve, nestled perfectly in the Sierra Madre mountain range in Baras, Rizal, especially with the recent issues surrounding it.
From Clark to Suzuka
by Iris Gonzales - April 13, 2025 - 12:00am
Engines roaring to life. The smell of burning tires wafting through the air. Cars hurtling at dizzying speeds. Fans jumping and thumping in wild surrender. And then – the deafening sound of it all.
SM Investments: Fostering confidence in the Philippine Stock Market
by Iris Gonzales - April 11, 2025 - 12:00pm
SM has been a pillar of strength and stability in the Philippine stock market, embodying a commitment to growth, governance and inclusivity. 
Kidnappings, scams, gambling
by Iris Gonzales - April 10, 2025 - 12:00am
First, it was a Chinese teenager who was kidnapped and whose finger was chopped off; the family driver was found dead, murdered in cold blood the day after the student went missing; police eventually found the victim...
Tough love
by Iris Gonzales - April 8, 2025 - 12:00am
US President Donald Trump’s tariffs or what he calls “tough love,” which he announced from the Rose Garden, are already creating waves of panic.
‘A light has gone out in Mindanao’
by Iris Gonzales - April 6, 2025 - 12:00am
I’ve read her work long before I even met her, in awe of the stories she told from faraway Zamboanga and Tawi-Tawi – tales of love and war, life and death, conflict and peace and, in between, the daily...
Tatay Digong
by Iris Gonzales - April 3, 2025 - 12:00am
Someday in the future – if it hasn’t happened yet – psychologists and sociologists may try to dissect and understand the Philippines’ singular Rodrigo Duterte, just as universities have started...
Shameless scammers
by Iris Gonzales - April 1, 2025 - 12:00am
The conviction of Charlie Javice, described by The Guardian as the charismatic founder of a startup company that claimed to be revolutionizing the way college students apply for financial aid, should be...
Modern-day heroes, pawns
by Iris Gonzales - March 30, 2025 - 12:00am
When I think about overseas Filipino workers, the mothers among them and the mothers who depend on them come to mind.
The road to 2028
by Iris Gonzales - March 27, 2025 - 12:00am
Just thinking about the run-up to the May 2028 presidential elections gives me the jitters.
PNB to name ex-Citibanker as new president
by Iris Gonzales - March 26, 2025 - 12:00am
Lucio Tan’s Philippine National Bank is expected to name ex-Citibanker and former Union Bank of the Philippines chief Edwin Bautista as its new president following a special board meeting today.
Fractured
by Iris Gonzales - March 25, 2025 - 12:00am
It feels like 2016 all over again – so much hatred spreading around, antagonistic netizens lashing out at each other and all that gutter-level language filling our timelines.
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