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EYES WIDE OPEN
The traitors in our midst
by Iris Gonzales - September 12, 2024 - 12:00am
Even the most talented scriptwriters of the best Netflix series would probably find their jaws dropping in bewilderment and shock with all the plot twists in this seemingly never-ending Alice in Wonderland fairytale,...
Robina Gokongwei-Pe’s ‘retirement’ plans
by Iris Gonzales - September 10, 2024 - 12:00am
Tycoon Robina Gokongwei-Pe, sports patron of the University of the Philippines’ Fighting Maroons, said she now has more time to watch the UAAP games.
The Oscars for public service
by Iris Gonzales - September 8, 2024 - 12:00am
Apollo Quiboloy, the self-anointed son of God, must be rolling over with laughter.
Malampaya to start drilling in May
by Iris Gonzales - September 5, 2024 - 12:00am
There’s a big development which the business grapevine has been talking a lot about these days, and if all goes well – pun intended – it would surely be good for the country’s energy sec...
ASEAN-China week
by Iris Gonzales - September 3, 2024 - 12:00am
Our diplomats at the Philippine embassy in China must be constantly walking a tightrope because of the precarious situation between the two countries, no thanks to the prevailing geopolitical tensions.
‘Alipato at Muog’
by Iris Gonzales - September 1, 2024 - 12:00am
I sat there in the dark stunned, frustrated and helpless.
Unraveling
by Iris Gonzales - August 29, 2024 - 12:00am
Vice President Sara Duterte trended on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday evening. The hashtag #zerobudgetforOVP or Office of the Vice President was among the top trends.
What would our heroes say?
by Iris Gonzales - August 27, 2024 - 12:00am
I write this on National Heroes’ Day, which we commemorate every last Monday of August.
The rail effect
by Iris Gonzales - August 25, 2024 - 12:00am
Agricultural fields – planted with rice, sugar, corn or what-have-you – are abundant in this country. You’ll see them in forgotten and far-flung rural villages, on both sides of narrow provincial...
With a smile
by Iris Gonzales - August 22, 2024 - 12:00am
Curtains close.
Holidays
by Iris Gonzales - August 20, 2024 - 12:00am
Senate President Francis Escudero said this is a country with too many holidays, which affect our productivity and competitiveness.
We’re not ready for The Big One
by Iris Gonzales - August 18, 2024 - 12:00am
Perhaps some of us still remember exactly where we were when the July 16, 1990 earthquake ripped through the country. I vividly remember where I was, on the road on my way to school. The driver suddenly stopped,...
It takes a village
by Iris Gonzales - August 15, 2024 - 12:00am
Some 15 years ago, I spent many days and nights in Basilan in the northernmost tip of the Sulu Archipelago.
Outstanding Filipinos
by Iris Gonzales - August 13, 2024 - 12:00am
A foreigner once said that if Filipinos, here and elsewhere, stopped working all at once even for just a day, the world would grind to a halt.
‘Consumption now in shallow recession’
by Iris Gonzales - August 11, 2024 - 12:00am
Never mind the jet setters who fly in and out of the country on their private planes or the über wealthy who while their time in exclusive golf courses or in art auctions or galleries. They’re not really...
Corruption and the Gen Z revolution
by Iris Gonzales - August 8, 2024 - 12:00am
Inside Bangladesh, it’s called the Gen Z revolution as young students from Dhaka University began protesting last month to demand an end to the government’s jobs quota system.
EO 62
by Iris Gonzales - August 6, 2024 - 12:00am
President Marcos’ Executive Order 62 is again under the spotlight as Malacañang recently responded to farmers groups’ attempt to block the controversial order.
Exit plan
by Iris Gonzales - August 4, 2024 - 12:00am
The Marcos administration can’t pop the champagne just yet even as Filipinos cheered the President’s big pronouncement during his State of the Nation Address, ordering a total ban on the Philippine offshore...
PUV modernization: To suspend or not to suspend?
by Iris Gonzales - August 1, 2024 - 12:00am
My late grandfather Jorge A. Gonzales, an outstanding individual who lived through World War II, put up a small fleet of jeepneys which served the route between Cubao and the University of the Philippines-Diliman...
To-do list
by Iris Gonzales - July 30, 2024 - 12:00am
I spent the past few days researching on the steps authorities can take to significantly reduce flooding in Metro Manila and beyond.
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