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No signal, no future: Why we need smart schools
by Iris Gonzales - May 22, 2025 - 12:00am
Taking off from my previous column, which tackled the Gokongwei Group’s efforts in improving education in the country through the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, today, my pitch is for the Marcos administration...
The Gokongweis’ legacy: Investing in Filipino students
by Iris Gonzales - May 20, 2025 - 12:00am
The recent midterm elections had many of us pleasantly surprised that young voters emerged as the game changers.
JTI factory gears up for stronger demand
by Iris Gonzales - May 18, 2025 - 12:00am
An hour’s flight from Stockholm, this quiet, idyllic town lies in Västra Götaland county on Sweden’s western coast.
When dynasties (slowly) crumble
by Iris Gonzales - May 15, 2025 - 12:00am
It seemed straight out of a teleserye, a plot twist one might see only on local prime time TV or while watching an edge-of-your-seat Netflix drama.
High stakes
by Iris Gonzales - May 13, 2025 - 12:00am
Now we wait with bated breath, anxiety levels are through the roof.
Notes on the elections
by Iris Gonzales - May 11, 2025 - 12:00am
Tomorrow, the 12th of May, the campaign circus comes to an end, and the real thing begins.
Robina on recent kidnappings, retirement
by Iris Gonzales - May 8, 2025 - 12:00am
Outside the Gokongwei Group and the UP Fighting Maroons, tycoon and sports patron Robina Gokongwei is famously synonymous with two enduring tales that refuse to die – one a cult urban legend, the other a real-life...
Tragic
by Iris Gonzales - May 6, 2025 - 12:00am
A father has lost his daughter in yet another tragedy that came like a thief in the night – on a quiet Sunday morning.
Press freedom
by Iris Gonzales - May 4, 2025 - 12:00am
May 3, World Press Freedom Day, is always bittersweet for journalists, but more so now with the spread of fake news and the continued attacks on journalism.
Labor Day, OFWs, Camille Villar’s pitch
by Iris Gonzales - May 1, 2025 - 12:00am
They will march today – our tireless laborers – as they do every year, out on the streets under the scorching summer heat.
Headwinds at the airport
by Iris Gonzales - April 29, 2025 - 12:00am
Critics of the country’s main gateway or the San Miguel Corp.-led consortium now managing its operations may not agree, but there have been noticeable changes at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport –...
Bullying: A national emergency
by Iris Gonzales - April 27, 2025 - 12:00am
The edge-of-your-seat Netflix drama “Adolescence” has put the spotlight on issues that a young person may face as an adolescent. One of the themes tackled in the series is bullying.
‘Scandalous inequality’
by Iris Gonzales - April 24, 2025 - 12:00am
In a world that is moving and turning at dizzying speed – and increasingly backward and rightward – Pope Francis had been that rare moral titan, unafraid to say the things that must be said.
From black magic to blackouts
by Iris Gonzales - April 22, 2025 - 12:00am
Maundy Thursday night, riding a tricycle down Mt. Bandilaan – home to Siquijor’s famed healers – I looked back and gasped. The mountain behind us had disappeared into a pitch-black curtain, with...
What’s happening to Alyansa?
by Iris Gonzales - April 20, 2025 - 12:00am
That was a welcome pause – Maundy Thursday and Good Friday – from the dizzying political circus, which has become as scorching as the sweltering summer heat.
‘Strange Fruit’
by Iris Gonzales - April 17, 2025 - 12:00am
There’s no lack of rituals in this nation of 120 million as Filipinos observe Holy Week.
Red light, green light
by Iris Gonzales - April 15, 2025 - 12:00am
The Trump administration announced yet another surprising trade policy pivot, this time a sweeping tariff exemption on key tech imports.
From Clark to Suzuka
by Iris Gonzales - April 13, 2025 - 12:00am
Engines roaring to life. The smell of burning tires wafting through the air. Cars hurtling at dizzying speeds. Fans jumping and thumping in wild surrender. And then – the deafening sound of it all.
Kidnappings, scams, gambling
by Iris Gonzales - April 10, 2025 - 12:00am
First, it was a Chinese teenager who was kidnapped and whose finger was chopped off; the family driver was found dead, murdered in cold blood the day after the student went missing; police eventually found the victim...
Tough love
by Iris Gonzales - April 8, 2025 - 12:00am
US President Donald Trump’s tariffs or what he calls “tough love,” which he announced from the Rose Garden, are already creating waves of panic.
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