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Stargazers, or just someone who loves gazing at the sky, are in for a treat. A total lunar eclipse—popularly known as a Blood Moon—will be visible across the Philippines this weekend. And yes, you don’t need any special equipment to see it. Why “Blood Moon”? During a total lunar eclipse,Continue Reading
For more than three decades, animator-director John Schafer carried a quiet conviction: one day, he would make a film about the life of Jesus. The idea first stirred in the 1990s, when Schafer said he felt a divine prompting to use his talents to share Christ’s story. But he setContinue Reading
At dawn, on February 7, 2020 armed men stormed a small house in Tacloban and arrested a 20-something journalist named Frenchie Mae Cumpio. She has been behind bars ever since. For nearly five years now, Cumpio has faced a barrage of cases – illegal firearms possession, terrorism financing, aiding rebels,Continue Reading
Finance Secretary Ralph Recto wasn’t just pointing out numbers when he said ghost flood control projects have bled the economy of up to P118.5 billion since 2023. He was exposing the scale of a rot that has become almost routine in Philippine governance: money that should have protected communities fromContinue Reading
We all love a quick fix. Alarm blares, you stumble to the kitchen, and boom—instant coffee saves the day. No grinding, no brewing, no waiting. Just hot water, a spoon, and your daily dose of fake-it-til-you-make-it energy. But here’s the eyebrow-raising twist: that beloved scoop of instant could be linkedContinue Reading
THE resignation of Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan is being spun as “command responsibility.” But let’s be blunt: this is not accountability, this is damage control. Billions of pesos have been poured into so-called flood control projects, yet our communities are still drowning—literally and figuratively. Ghost projects, sweetheart deals,Continue Reading
THE revelations were damning but hardly surprising when the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) released its latest report on flood-control spending. In the first three years of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration, government poured more than ₱545 billion into nearly 10,000 flood-control projects. This looks like a serious investmentContinue Reading
