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Rupture, suture

By Joseph Gonzales | January 25, 2026 - 12:00am

It’s only the start of the year, and it seems we already have a winner for speech of the year.

Freeman Opinion

Japan's first female prime minister

By Josephus Jimenez | November 20, 2025 - 12:00am

If the recent disasters that beleaguered the Philippines happened in Japan, the prime minister would forthwith resign for failure of the government to protect and serve the people.

Freeman Opinion

Timor-Leste minister to visit Philippines this week

By Pia Lee-Brago | October 20, 2025 - 12:00am

Timor-Leste Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas will undertake a working visit to the Philippines from Oct. 21 to...

Headlines

EDITORIAL — Another voice calling out excesses

May 28, 2025 - 12:00am

Another voice has called Israel out on its excesses in the war in Gaza, and this time it may be turning more heads and commanding...

Freeman Opinion

Japanese foreign minister to visit Manila next week

By Michael Punongbayan | January 11, 2025 - 12:00am

The Philippines and Japan are again scheduled to hold high-level talks next week to discuss matters of mutual concern, including defense and security.

Headlines

Something good

By QWERTYMAN | By Jose Dalisay | October 31, 2022 - 12:00am

Minister Quaqua was having a bad day – a very bad day, probably the worst since he was appointed to his post by President Ongong after they had finished two bottles of Balvenie Portwood, with boiled peanuts...

Opinion

Brazil minister says no plans to cancel Rio Games

February 4, 2016 - 5:43pm

Brazil's sports minister says the possibility of canceling the Rio de Janeiro Olympics because of the outbreak of the Zika virus...

Sports

INC ex-minister claims being offered to leave country

January 21, 2016 - 7:02pm

An expelled minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo claimed that some members of the religious sect asked him to leave the cou...

Headlines

Serbian PM urges early election in 2016 to cement power

By Jovana Gec | January 17, 2016 - 12:16pm

Serbia's populist prime minister on yesterday urged holding an early election this year in an apparent bid to consolidate his power.

World

Israel's Olmert to become first leader to go to prison

By Josef Federman | December 29, 2015 - 3:51pm

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who claimed to be on the cusp of a historic peace deal with the Palestinians just a few years ago, now is set to become the first Israeli leader to go to prison after the Supreme...

World