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Lipeños tread the waters

I have lived in Lipa City long enough to know where the boundary lies between quiet mornings and a string of incidents that unsettles...

Protect Tarriela, protect WPS

Some issues only feel “national” when they reach the dinner table. The West Philippine Sea (WPS) is one of them. You can ignore it...

The flawed “consent”  in Nueva Vizcaya mining dispute

“Enough is enough. Let us now raise our voices louder and demand accountability.” Bayombong Catholic Bishop Jose Elmer  Mangalinao   warned of worsening ecological damage in Nueva Vizcaya...

Finally, a middle ground — but late

Dinagyang has always been the kind of festival you can feel before you see. Still, let us be honest: for many Ilonggos, seeing is...

Hala Bira! Hala Basura!

A week before Dinagyang, the city already changes its posture. Banderitas begin to bloom. Sound systems get tested. Food stalls start rehearsing their own...

Reel struggles

In a country where a peso slips in value, a cinema trip becomes less a choice than a calculation. On Tuesday, January 13, Vice...

Funds Without Frontline Fixes

When a government agency flags a billion-peso problem, you listen. When that same agency simultaneously vows to deliver real relief to patients, you hold...

Defend our rice farmers, defend our future

OUR FARMERS are facing a price crash that threatens to wipe out their livelihood. At the center of this unfolding crisis is Executive Order (EO) No....

Standing for Fr. Flavie V.

There are moments when public silence becomes a form of laziness. Not neutrality, not prudence, but the quieter vice of letting noise do the...

When tourism becomes personal branding

The criticism directed towards a magazine cover that featured Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco was never primarily about photography, layout, or even a single publication....

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