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Cebu: A Michelin stop, a new arena and more
by Iris Gonzales - July 14, 2026 - 12:00am
Cebu, despite its legendary traffic, is a province I enjoy visiting every single time.
‘Typhoon Inday’
by Iris Gonzales - July 12, 2026 - 12:00am
“Prepare for Typhoon Inday,” was Vice President Sara Duterte’s chief of staff Zuleika Lopez’s short reply when she was ambushed by reporters at the Senate last week.
Serve the (madlang) people
by Iris Gonzales - July 9, 2026 - 12:00am
At a college known for producing some of the University of the Philippines Diliman’s most audacious, outspoken and quick-witted students, It’s Showtime host and comedian Vice Ganda delivered...
A national victory
by Iris Gonzales - July 7, 2026 - 12:00am
It was heartwarming to be jolted by news of Alex Eala’s historic Wimbledon breakthrough, with that iconic forehand capturing the grit and determination she carried onto the grass.
Upper-middle income, what now?
by Iris Gonzales - July 5, 2026 - 12:00am
We can’t pop the champagne just yet, even if we wanted to.
What BBM should have done
by Iris Gonzales - July 2, 2026 - 12:00am
On Tuesday, the last day of a tumultuous June, members of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines were looking forward to a press conference with President Marcos.
Stepping down from the ivory tower
by Iris Gonzales - June 30, 2026 - 12:00am
I still remember the first time I stepped inside the headquarters of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas as a journalist more than a decade ago.
Stealing from and through foundations, NGOs
by Iris Gonzales - June 28, 2026 - 12:00am
Where is the P4.4 million?
Impunity
by Iris Gonzales - June 25, 2026 - 12:00am
With the nation still reeling from the drowning of two student-athletes from Ateneo, we grieve again over another tragedy – this time the loss of three young lives.
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...
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