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READER VIEW'S
The Cost of Clean Streets: Welfare or Image Management?
May 27, 2026 - 12:00am
There is a peculiar kind of governance that mistakes visibility for the problem.
Thirst in the Dry Season: Is Our Rage Still Burning?
May 20, 2026 - 12:00am
In the middle of this blistering dry season, does your blood not boil with every peso that vanished into projects that never left the drawing board?
The drawbacks of 4-day workweek
by Renester P. Suralta - April 22, 2026 - 12:00am
Starting March 9, 2026, the Executive Department will implement a temporary four-day workweek (Monday-Thursday, 7 A.M. - 6 P.M.) for many government offices to save energy and reduce fuel consumption. Essential services...
When the waters overflow and rules are overboard
January 16, 2026 - 12:00am
After two typhoons consecutively struck Cebu, my social media feed was flooded, not just with portraits of streets turned into streams, but with commentary. Countless posts showed residents wading through brown,...
When disaster comes knocking
December 10, 2025 - 12:00am
The clock read 5:23 A.M. It was November 4, and the rain was still barreling down in Barangay Bacayan, Cebu City.
Lies we tell ourselves
November 28, 2025 - 12:00am
If everyone would be a member of MY political party, everything would be perfect.
Kids on Facebook
by Mika Roque - September 7, 2012 - 12:00am
As I browsed the Net two days ago, I ran into this article online, in the Telegraph.co.uk, about Facebook’s plan to lift the ban on children under the age of 13 and allow them to use the social-networking site...
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