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Senateflix
by Iris Gonzales - June 23, 2026 - 12:00am
Whether you’re a journalist covering the Senate, a kibitzer watching our topsy-turvy political arena or among the millions of Filipino citizens concerned about the state of our nation, you must surely have...
Gabby Lopez’s white knight
by Iris Gonzales - June 21, 2026 - 12:00am
Some months ago, at the height of the ugly Lopez war and prior to the fragile and short-lived ceasefire, someone from the Lopez majority told me they were in talks with potential investors for the troubled ABS-...
War is uglier the second time around
by Iris Gonzales - June 18, 2026 - 12:00am
Love, they say, is lovelier the second time around. Ah, but so is the opposite, it seems.
Chongqing Express
by Iris Gonzales - June 16, 2026 - 12:00am
Chongqing, a sprawling municipality in southwestern China, may not be top of mind when considering destinations in China.
Whatever happened to being a man for others?
by Iris Gonzales - June 14, 2026 - 12:00am
I was just at the Ateneo de Manila campus in Katipunan last week to get a copy of my transcript. I am a proud alumna of Ateneo, where I completed my Master of Arts in Journalism as a Konrad Adenauer Fellow.
Run like hell
by Iris Gonzales - June 11, 2026 - 12:00am
When Commonwealth president Manuel Quezon uttered his famous line, “I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to a government run like heaven by Americans,” in the early 1920s, he probably never...
Building an automotive future
by Iris Gonzales - June 9, 2026 - 12:00am
I’ve long wanted to write about this after the government flip-flopped on a planned automotive program, but the turmoil in the Senate and its dizzying iterations couldn’t wait.
The stories that matter
by Iris Gonzales - June 7, 2026 - 12:00am
AMSTERDAM – Here in the land of cheese, tulips and liberal policies, I had the honor of listening to some of the world’s most important stories of our time, as told by some of the world’s most courageous...
After backlash, Immigration to review proposed P480 fee
by Iris Gonzales - June 4, 2026 - 12:00am
Following widespread backlash on social media over its proposed immigration fee of P480 per round-trip international passenger, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) has committed to reviewing the planned charges.
OFWs oppose proposed immigration fee
by Iris Gonzales - June 2, 2026 - 12:00am
Overseas Filipino workers are unhappy with the proposed P480 immigration fee that the Bureau of Immigration may charge as early as the latter part of 2026.
Is the P480 immigration fee justified?
by Iris Gonzales - May 31, 2026 - 12:00am
The Bureau of Immigration planned new border security system can rake in as much as P14 billion in its first year of operations alone from user fees of P480 charged per passenger on round-trip international...
Immigration to charge passengers P480
by Iris Gonzales - May 28, 2026 - 12:00am
Yes, you read that right. That’s P480 to be charged on all departing and arriving international passengers, on top of the travel tax, currently at P1,620.
Protect Philippine ube
by Iris Gonzales - May 26, 2026 - 12:00am
Our beloved ube, that quintessential and famed purple delicacy, is having a moment on the global stage.
From lawmaking to lawbreaking
by Iris Gonzales - May 24, 2026 - 12:00am
It’s been a grueling and exhausting two weeks just watching events unfold grotesquely at the Senate.
The Hormuz deadlock and the Phl
by Iris Gonzales - May 21, 2026 - 12:00am
We are approaching the third month of the US and Israel’s war against Iran and what we now have is a deadlock.
Ceasefire
by Iris Gonzales - May 19, 2026 - 12:00am
Some may call it a fragile ceasefire but for the minority shareholders of companies in the Lopez Group, it is a welcome break from the ugly and very public battle that erupted among the Lopez cousins.
From statesmen to scoundrels
by Iris Gonzales - May 17, 2026 - 12:00am
There was a time – which now seems to be not one but many lifetimes ago – when wise men filled the Senate of the Philippines.
Shameless
by Iris Gonzales - May 14, 2026 - 12:00am
At a glittering reception filled with diplomats on Tuesday, the buzz was as hot as the scorching summer evening and the question repeatedly asked by foreign dignitaries was: “What’s happening to your...
Our GDP twin shocks: Hermès and Hormuz
by Iris Gonzales - May 12, 2026 - 12:00am
I could not help but laugh when the indefatigable Jun Neri, the lead economist at BPI, shared his thoughts on the latest jaw-dropping snail-pace performance of our economy at just 2.8 percent growth in the first...
Two-year transition eyed for broker-director term limits
by Iris Gonzales - May 10, 2026 - 12:00am
The simmering war between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Philippine Stock Exchange over a controversial plan to limit the terms of the PSE’s broker-directors may have been averted, at least...
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