The COVID pandemic is over, but another virus continues to debilitate and claim lives worldwide, with new infections on the rise in the Philippines. Last month, the Department of Health reported an increase in the number of newly diagnosed Advanced
With the approach of the 2025 midterm elections, candidates and their supporters are not the only ones being gunned down. In less than a week, two election officers have been shot dead in Mindanao. Last Saturday afternoon, John Nico Allan Pandoy, as
aubet EDITORIAL — UNiTE vs violence
2024-11-27Its unfortunate that the nations highest ranking female official threatened to unleash lethal violence against the President, his wife and his cousin who is the Speaker of the House as the world prepared to mark the International Day for the Elimina
After the pandemic lockdowns, the government once again subjected 15-year-old students to the Program for International Student Assessment. The country first joined the PISA in 2018, with disheartening results. The second assessment, in 2022, showed
The COVID pandemic turned many Filipinos into plant enthusiasts plantitos and plantitas and promoted outdoor recreation. In crowded Metro Manila and other urban centers, however, this highlighted the acute lack of green open spaces. Last Friday, it
One problem stands out amid the devastation caused by monsoon rains enhanced by Typhoon Carina: the nation was caught unprepared because the dangers posed by monsoon-induced cataclysmic rainfall was not emphasized enough.freshbet People went to work
Before the scandal over dismissed mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac led to a total ban on Philippine offshore gaming operations, POGO personnel moved around like VIPs in their favored mode of transport, a spacious luxury van often painted black. The
Inflation. Jobs. Salaries. The top concerns of Filipinos, as reflected in surveys, have remained the same. And President Marcos has consistently received the lowest marks in dealing with these problems, which he will again have to tackle in his thir
As previously announced, medical societies and other interested parties went to the Supreme Court yesterday to challenge the constitutionality of a Department of Finance circular and an insertion in the 2024 General Appropriations Act, which led to
aw8 EDITORIAL — Staying out of the ICC
2024-11-14A year ago this month, President Marcos said the return of the country to the International Criminal Court was under study. The nation awaits his final decision on rejoining the ICCaw8, from which the Philippines withdrew in 2019 when Rodrigo Dutert