ARE WE FALLING INTO A DEBT TRAP?
Of the multitude of issues raised by opposition candidates and critics of the government during the campaign period for the 2019 midterm elections, a...
PLANT A TREE, SAVE OUR WATER RESOURCES
In light of the water shortage that hit Metro Manila and Rizal, the ire of its residents and the attention of all forms of...
COMING CLEAN
Metro Manila remains as the country’s central hub for investments, business, and opportunities. With more people flocking to the metro, there is a basic...
DEFENDING THE PUBLIC’S INTEREST IN POWER
After almost 20 years, lawyer Irene Joy Besido Garcia’s professional calling shifted from advocating the causes of individual clients or corporations to defending the...
THE MOST LIST (Province Edition)
1. PINAKAMAYAMAN/ Richest Province
The Queen City of the South continues to reign supreme over the whole archipelago as it tops the list of wealthiest...
WHO’S AFRAID OF POLITICAL DYNASTIES?
On 2 December 2018, CNN Philippines held a forum where eight candidates for the Senate went live in order to answer questions regarding their...
POLICING THE POLICE
Despite pronouncements that PNP values life and human rights, statistics say that more than 60% of the population believe our policemen are involved in...
A NECESSARY VIGILANCE
The race is on as the Philippines counts down to days leading to May 13, 2019—the midterm elections. With 60 certified candidates vying for...
GOOD TO BE GREEN
Last October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change, reported that...
PHILIPPINE ECONOMY AT A GLANCE
“We are determined to reach 7 to 8 percent GDP growth this year,” said Secretary Ernesto M. Pernia of the National Economic and Development...
ON WITH THE SHOW WITH NICK LIZASO
If he were a film, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) president Arsenio ‘Nick’ Lizaso would be an adventure series packed with Indiana Jones-like...
OUTSTANDING LGU LEADERS OF 2018
Mayor Herbert “Bistek” Bautista
Quezon City
The 50-year-old mayor of Quezon City has been in public service for more than 32 years. He started his political...
GO FOR THE GREATER GOOD
Former Special Assistant to the President, Bong Go, is all systems go in his bid for the senatorial seat. In this exclusive, he tells...
THE BATTLE FOR MANILA BAY
The life of great cities begin beside bodies of water, and when such cities neglect that which give them life, decline and death naturally...
UNITED TO END PLASTIC POLLUTION
With eight million tons of plastic ending up in oceans every year, the Philippines ranks as the world’s third plastic polluter of oceans. To...
INVESTING IN EDUCATION
Coming from a humble family and bestowed with the opportunity of a proper education by the government, Congressman Greg Gasataya is out on a...
BEST LAID PLANS
In areas prone to flooding, let houses be built to float or built on stilts, elevate the electrical system, and interconnect the buildings with...
RESILIENCE OR RESISTANCE?
When typhoons come, and they come pretty often on our side, we put our faith in God and bear the brunt of nature. When...
