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The road to 2028

by Iris Gonzales - March 27, 2025 - 12:00am

Just thinking about the run-up to the May 2028 presidential elections gives me the jitters.

Fractured

by Iris Gonzales - March 25, 2025 - 12:00am

It feels like 2016 all over again – so much hatred spreading around, antagonistic netizens lashing out at each other and all that gutter-level language filling our timelines.

Succession at the Consunji Group

by Iris Gonzales - March 23, 2025 - 12:00am

Tycoon Isidro “Sid” Consunji stands casually on the sprawling Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, the world’s largest salt flat or playa, touted as one of South America’s most majestic vistas.

Aramco’s bet

by Iris Gonzales - March 20, 2025 - 12:00am

After nearly two decades, Saudi Arabia’s oil giant quietly returned to the country through a stake in Co family-led Unioil Petroleum Philippines Inc.

Logical fallacies

by Iris Gonzales - March 18, 2025 - 12:00am

The political noise is getting louder as I write this.

Fighting corruption

by Iris Gonzales - March 16, 2025 - 12:00am

It’s a critical time in our country today and I am watching with bated breath. Political tensions are worsening amid Rody Duterte’s arrest and looming trial at the International Criminal Court in...

Justice

by Iris Gonzales - March 13, 2025 - 12:00am

When I think about Rody Duterte’s presidency, I am haunted by the memories, the images, the sounds and feelings of those dizzying days, and those cold, dark evenings when a surreal and labyrinthine netherworld...

ABS-CBN Town Center?

by Iris Gonzales - March 11, 2025 - 12:00am

There’s Alabang Town Center in Alabang, which was once upon a time a farming district, and then there’s UP Town Center in Katipunan.

Destroying the Masungis around us

by Iris Gonzales - March 9, 2025 - 12:00am

I write this piece from a place less than two hours away from Manila by plane, a popular tourist destination long exploited by irresponsible tourism and big resort owners.

‘Made of steal’

by Iris Gonzales - March 6, 2025 - 12:00am

There goes the meme of all memes.

Dirty money still abounds

by Iris Gonzales - March 4, 2025 - 12:00am

The Marcos administration is popping the champagne over the country’s exit from the gray list of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force.

Ayuda

by Iris Gonzales - March 2, 2025 - 12:00am

Filipinos, especially the marginalized, are desperate for help, especially in these challenging times.

From Romulo Mabanta to Romulo Buenaventura

by Iris Gonzales - February 27, 2025 - 12:00am

Legal luminary Ricardo Romulo, longtime chairman of Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles, has sold his stake in the esteemed law firm to his five partners, who are among the biggest names in Philippine...

EDSA

by Iris Gonzales - February 25, 2025 - 12:00am

When one mentions EDSA, motorists and commuters alike will almost certainly feel that familiar sense of dread– dread of the legendary traffic we endure long before we actually reach Metro Manila’s main...

The promise of the blue economy

by Iris Gonzales - February 23, 2025 - 12:00am

From the Sulu archipelago to the West Philippine Sea, the promise of the blue economy runs deep, as deep as the blue waters that glisten under the Philippine sun.

How about a tycoon or CEO for president?

by Iris Gonzales - February 20, 2025 - 12:00am

When you sit down with some of the country’s tycoons and business executives, especially Filipino-Chinese businessmen, you will easily notice an air of frustration over our politics and politicians.

Vote for change

by Iris Gonzales - February 18, 2025 - 12:00am

The election circus is here; its caravans are painting the town red – wild, boisterous and full of cheers. The candidates and the crowd are excited, jubilant and happy but I’m anxious, disturbed...

Noble and outstanding

by Iris Gonzales - February 16, 2025 - 12:00am

Let me tell you about a man long gone but never forgotten.

Dignity

by Iris Gonzales - February 13, 2025 - 12:00am

There are a lot of things and services that many of our unfortunate fellow Filipinos do not have access to – from quality education to proper health care.

Forthwith means now, not four months later

by Iris Gonzales - February 11, 2025 - 12:00am

Remember that day when what seemed impossible happened?

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