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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) is calling for a nationwide total ban on vape products, warning that the devices—often marketed as safer, trendier, and even “nicotine-free” alternatives to cigarettes—pose serious and long-term health risks. In a statement,…
ANALYSIS: Food Security Time Bomb As Philippine Farmland Disappears
The Philippines is losing its farmland at a pace and scale that now threatens the country’s long-term food security. New figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) show a steep decline in the land devoted to food production, underscoring a…
From Palace Power To Red Notice: The Legal Freefall Of Harry Roque
MANILA – Once a fixture behind the Malacañang podium, former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque now in the Netherlands, fighting to stay in Europe as Philippine authorities push for his deportation. The man who once defended controversial policies under the Duterte…
Why Transparency Reforms In DPWH, DA Won’t Work Without Empowered Citizens
The Department of Agriculture’s plan to launch FMR Watch, an online platform for monitoring farm-to-market road (FMR) projects, signals a familiar move in the government’s attempt to clean up agencies long plagued by corruption. Like the transparency tools rolled out…
PCEC Backs ‘Trillion Peso Assembly,’ Urges Marcos To Certify Anti-Corruption Bills
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC), the country’s largest network of evangelical denominations, publicly endorsed the “Trillion Peso Assembly Against Corruption” on November 30, calling for deeper investigations into alleged large-scale corruption and urging President Ferdinand…
DOJ rejects Roque’s asylum claim: Why non-refoulement doesn’t apply
Manila, Philippines – Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s attempt to frame his situation as one of political persecution — and therefore protected under international refugee law — has been quickly rejected by the Department of Justice (DOJ). But the pushback…
Zamboanga sardine makers freeze prices amid rising costs, warn of possible supply impact
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Sardine manufacturers in Zamboanga, the country’s canned sardine capital, have agreed to freeze prices until the end of 2025, heeding a directive from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meant to keep a staple food affordable for millions of…
Africa’s Christians Under Siege: Is a Global Proxy War Fueling the Violence—or Something Far More Local?
Charred homes and abandoned churches mark the path of the Allied Democratic Forces in remote villages across the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a militia now linked to the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province. In northern Nigeria, grieving families bury…
BIR’s Audit Freeze Exposes Deeper Crisis: Can the Agency Clean Up Its Own Ranks?
MANILA, Philippines – When the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) abruptly suspended all field audit operations this week, it looked like a routine administrative pause. But behind the announcement lies a deeper, more troubling question: Can the country’s most powerful…
Myths and Promises: How the ‘Green Transition’ Risks Repackaging Old Mining Models in the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – The global race to secure minerals for electric vehicles, batteries, and renewable energy is accelerating. And at the Philippine-Sweden Smart Mining Forum held on November 18 at the Baguio Country Club, Environment Secretary Raphael Lotilla framed it…
‘Rise Above the Noise’: PMA Ritual Teaches Plebes the Meaning of Endurance Amid National Turmoil
MANILA — Every year, under the sharp mountain air of Fort del Pilar, a familiar scene plays out on the Philippine Military Academy’s Borromeo Field. Freshmen cadets—known as plebes—stand ramrod straight, their faces fixed with determination, as upperclassmen order them…
‘The war on drugs will never end’: Why experts say it’s time for a new approach
MANILA, Philippines – Nearly a decade since the country launched its most aggressive anti-drug campaign, the flow of illegal narcotics in the Philippines remains largely unabated. Drug lords have been killed or jailed, thousands of street-level suspects have died in…
