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And that’s a wrap, 2024
by Iris Gonzales - December 31, 2024 - 12:00am
‘Twas a year of plot twists and lots of drama, no doubt a classic zarzuela, Philippine politics edition.
Maharlika eyes NGCP deal soon
by Iris Gonzales - December 29, 2024 - 12:00am
If Maharlika Investment Corp. the country’s first sovereign wealth fund, has its way, its investment in the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines could become a reality as early as January, the first month...
Home
by Iris Gonzales - December 26, 2024 - 12:00am
Christmas, more than any other occasion throughout the year, always brings Filipinos home – wherever or whatever home may be.
‘Most corrupt national budget’
by Iris Gonzales - December 24, 2024 - 12:00am
The good news is that, despite the festive holiday season – one of the longest celebrations in the world – there is public outrage over the audacious insertions and cuts in the 2025 budget.
Glory and gore
by Iris Gonzales - December 22, 2024 - 12:00am
Somewhere between Roxas Boulevard in Manila and the University of the Philippines Diliman campus in Quezon City, a giddy feeling came over me.
Tycoons, cadavers and a cutting-edge school
by Iris Gonzales - December 19, 2024 - 12:00am
A cold female cadaver is laid out almost grotesquely on the table, ready for dissection, as tycoons Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Helen Yuchengco-Dee and Yvonne Yuchengco watched with wide-eyed awe while doctors...
Money heist
by Iris Gonzales - December 17, 2024 - 12:00am
What we’re seeing now is a jaw-dropping money heist involving our education and health care budgets.
‘Luxonomy’
by Iris Gonzales - December 15, 2024 - 12:00am
Many of our Southeast Asian neighbors, including Thailand and Vietnam, have beaten us in many areas – from manufacturing to technology.
Breakfast in Paris
by Iris Gonzales - December 12, 2024 - 12:00am
One can now leave Manila at night and be in Paris the next day, in time for a warm Parisian breakfast.
Can we eradicate corruption?
by Iris Gonzales - December 10, 2024 - 12:00am
Corruption is ultimately paid for by the poor, Pope Francis once said.
National Museum invokes right over Rizal’s ‘Mona Lisa’
by Iris Gonzales - December 8, 2024 - 12:00am
Our national hero Jose Rizal must be smiling in his grave.
Brain rot
by Iris Gonzales - December 5, 2024 - 12:00am
It might well be as dangerous as the COVID-19 pandemic, except this one’s a slow-burn type of endemic. The symptoms linger before worsening and, before we know it, we’ve spiraled down to the point of...
Toxic politics and stability
by Iris Gonzales - December 3, 2024 - 12:00am
In a country previously disrupted – and set back for years – by failed coup d’états, one can understand why businessmen get the jitters whenever the military gets involved or, in the recent...
Ponzi scams and celebrity endorsers
by Iris Gonzales - December 1, 2024 - 12:00am
The surprise arrest of actress Neri Naig has once again put the spotlight on the prevalence of get-rich-quick schemes in the Philippines.
Addicted to chaos
by Iris Gonzales - November 28, 2024 - 12:00am
It’s now an all-hell-breaks-loose situation, as the country’s two highest officials are caught in an ugly feud that grows uglier by the day.
Christmas cargo, kingly treasures, Glory
by Iris Gonzales - November 26, 2024 - 12:00am
With Christmas just around the corner, cargo flow is peaking. It is, after all, the time of the year when Filipinos are in the mood to spend, ordering everything they can find online for the holidays and likewise...
‘No joke’
by Iris Gonzales - November 24, 2024 - 12:00am
Filipinos woke up yesterday to yet another drama that unfolded in this nation of 120 million.
We should be alarmed over dengue
by Iris Gonzales - November 21, 2024 - 12:00am
I personally heard of two dengue deaths in a span of just a week. One is a five-year old girl and another, a college student.
‘Democrazy’
by Iris Gonzales - November 19, 2024 - 12:00am
In a small makeshift home in a poverty-stricken neighborhood somewhere in Metro Manila, a five-year-old girl’s family is in mourning. Their beloved girl died of dengue a few days ago. They couldn’t afford...
Good news for commuters
by Iris Gonzales - November 17, 2024 - 12:00am
One of the most challenging things about being Filipino and living in the Philippines is the difficult, dizzying and dirty public commute.
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