MANILA, Philippines โ The Philippinesโ climate performance plunged in the latest Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), falling 12 places to 19th as experts flagged the […]
Year: 2025
Zamboanga Sibugay Farmers Get P2.4M Carabao Multiplier Farm From DA
ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY โ The Department of Agriculture (DA) has turned over a P2.4-million carabao multiplier farm to farmers in Titay town, underscoring the continuing importance […]
COMMENTARY: A GATEKEEPER OF POWER, NOT PUBLIC TRUST
Lucas Bersaminโs ascent to the position of Executive Secretary in September 2022 was not greeted with applause but with suspicionโand rightly so. The so-called โLittle […]
DOH pushes total vape ban amid rising youth use, misleading ads
MANILA, Philippines โ The Department of Health (DOH) is calling for a nationwide total ban on vape products, warning that the devicesโoften marketed as safer, […]
ANALYSIS: Food Security Time Bomb As Philippine Farmland Disappears
The Philippines is losing its farmland at a pace and scale that now threatens the countryโs long-term food security. New figures from the Philippine Statistics […]
From Palace Power To Red Notice: The Legal Freefall Of Harry Roque
MANILA โ Once a fixture behind the Malacaรฑang podium, former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque now in the Netherlands, fighting to stay in Europe as Philippine […]
Why Transparency Reforms In DPWH, DA Wonโt Work Without Empowered Citizens
The Department of Agricultureโs plan to launch FMR Watch, an online platform for monitoring farm-to-market road (FMR) projects, signals a familiar move in the governmentโs […]
PCEC Backs โTrillion Peso Assembly,โ Urges Marcos To Certify Anti-Corruption Bills
MANILA, Philippines โ The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC), the countryโs largest network of evangelical denominations, publicly endorsed the โTrillion Peso Assembly Against Corruptionโ […]
Bangsamoro Rescues 20 Child Laborers, Provides Cash Aid and School Supplies
COTABATO CITY โ Twenty rescued child laborers, once burdened by work in farms, markets, and garbage dumpsites, are now being given a chance to return […]
DOJ rejects Roqueโs asylum claim: Why non-refoulement doesnโt apply
Manila, Philippines โ Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roqueโs attempt to frame his situation as one of political persecution โ and therefore protected under international refugee […]
Zamboanga sardine makers freeze prices amid rising costs, warn of possible supply impact
ZAMBOANGA CITY โ Sardine manufacturers in Zamboanga, the countryโs canned sardine capital, have agreed to freeze prices until the end of 2025, heeding a directive […]
Opinion | Resist the Circus, Confront the Corruption
The latest public quarrels between the Marcoses and the Dutertesโcomplete with insults, reconciliations, and behind-the-scenes intrigueโhave all the markings of a political soap opera. It […]