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Ana Marie Pamintuan
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Sea of garbage
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - August 17, 2026 - 12:00am
We keep landing in the news for all the wrong reasons.
Business as usual?
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - August 14, 2026 - 12:00am
A newly rehabilitated portion of EDSA developed potholes after just a few days of intermittent heavy downpour.
Destroying a lake
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - August 12, 2026 - 12:00am
Pre-COVID, I used to enjoy the scenic drive through Circumferential Road 6. From Lower Bicutan in Taguig to the talipapa at the border of Pasig and Taytay, Rizal, there were good views of Laguna de Bay.
Another OPM?
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - August 10, 2026 - 12:00am
Gross domestic product growth continues to decelerate, slowing to just 2.3 percent year-on-year, the lowest outside the pandemic years since 2009.
The other court
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - August 7, 2026 - 12:00am
The legal battle is finally getting interesting in the impeachment court. I can actually sit through the first two hours before lunch without feeling drowsy. But the more intense battle is taking place in the court...
Education emergency
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - August 5, 2026 - 12:00am
Another school day, another minor student killed by a teenage schoolmate.
Honey trap
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - August 3, 2026 - 12:00am
Considering the toxic political environment, it was probably just a matter of time before a supposed plot to spring a honey trap targeting a top public official would emerge.
Keep them awake
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - July 31, 2026 - 12:00am
With people bored out of their skulls and tuning out of the impeachment trial, even some non-DDS folks are thinking that there won’t be enough public pressure on some of the known pro-Duterte senators to consider...
Do you feel his pain?
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - July 29, 2026 - 12:00am
It must have been the steadily sliding ratings.
The way we were
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - July 27, 2026 - 12:00am
Months after the people power revolt in 1986, I applied for a job in the newest kid on the media block, a newspaper to be called The Philippine STAR.
Eh hindi nahiya
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - July 27, 2026 - 12:00am
The Filipino title of this article is a nod to the upcoming Buwan ng Wika this August.
A kill ‘plan’
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - July 24, 2026 - 12:00am
On July 2, 2018, Tanauan mayor Antonio Halili was standing at attention as he led the weekly morning flag raising on the city hall grounds when a shot rang out.
Eroding trust
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - July 22, 2026 - 12:00am
Into the third week of the impeachment trial, the proceedings moved along faster.
The hen that clucks
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - July 20, 2026 - 12:00am
Those who have tuned out of the impeachment trial to preserve their mental health may be drawn back to the proceedings this Week 3.
Reheating the kaldero
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - July 17, 2026 - 12:00am
Dredging up the corruption allegations in the construction of the New Clark City sports complex and its kaldero landmark reminded the public of offenses imputed on Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano.
Do your homework
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - July 15, 2026 - 12:00am
The lawyers’ objections diminished as the second week of the impeachment trial opened last Monday.
Might doesn’t make right
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - July 13, 2026 - 12:00am
Ten years after our victory in having our maritime entitlements defined in the West Philippine Sea, we have strengthened external defense, but are still far from attaining credible self-defense capability.
Legal gobbledygook
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - July 10, 2026 - 12:00am
Three days into the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, a lawyer told me that the proceedings were causing him undue stress so he stopped watching.
Presiding officer Chiz
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - July 8, 2026 - 12:00am
To the consternation of several civil society groups, the majority bloc went ahead and elected Francis Escudero as presiding officer of the Senate impeachment court.
Nihilist extremism
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - July 6, 2026 - 12:00am
At a kindergarten in a private school near my home, the students have textbooks on “Kabutihang Asal” and “Araling Panlipunan.”
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