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Partner feature
‘May PhilHealth naman’
HEADLINES

‘May PhilHealth naman’

Government must fund the promise. PhilHealth must make it real.

Brian Michael Icasas Cabral·5 hours ago

How ‘tindahan’ survives amid globalization and e-commerce
OPINION

How ‘tindahan’ survives amid globalization and e-commerce

The economic influence of the tindahan becomes more apparent when it is viewed as part of the country’s vast retail network.

Albert Julius Valeros Aycardo·6 hours ago

Gov’t procurement: SEC can’t insist on archaic rules
OPINION

Gov’t procurement: SEC can’t insist on archaic rules

The most significant shift in the NGPA is that sustainability is written directly into the law rather than treated as a bonus consideration.

Rogelio V. Quevedo·7 hours ago

Queenmaker: Stella Marquez-Araneta
SHOW

Queenmaker: Stella Marquez-Araneta

Sadly, Stella has not been a hundred percent well lately. Her last Binibining Pilipinas appearance was in 2024 where she was videotaped…

Butch Francisco·7 hours ago

China’s strategy for next Philippine elections
OPINION

China’s strategy for next Philippine elections

China desperately wants the younger Duterte to replace her old man, who is in jail. This is the critical sine qua non.

Bernie V. Lopez·8 hours ago

Safer than ever? Headlines disagree
OPINION

Safer than ever? Headlines disagree

Hope isn’t enough because we need the reality to match the numbers. We need the streets to actually feel safe, not look safe on paper and…

Gigie Arcilla·8 hours ago

Price of secrecy
OPINION

Price of secrecy

Once the public concludes that records are being kept out of sight, suspicion fills the space where facts should be.

John Henry Dodson·9 hours ago

Pax Silica: Who really wins?
OPINION

Pax Silica: Who really wins?

The case for Pax Silica is compelling. The world is racing to diversify technology supply chains.

Margarita Gutierrez·9 hours ago

Victory undone
EDITORIAL

Victory undone

The deal with China is all wrong and risks walking back the country’s unassailable position in the West Philippine Sea.

DT·9 hours ago

Populist promise, unfunded mandate
EDITORIAL

Populist promise, unfunded mandate

Filipinos have every right to be angry that they’re being billed for electricity siphoned off by illegal connections their utility failed…

DT·9 hours ago

In good hands under Gibbons
SPORTS

In good hands under Gibbons

Any day now, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) is going to order Masamichi Yabuki to make a mandatory defense of the International…

Nick Giongco·31 July 2026

Child witness
OPINION

Child witness

Dear Atty. Kathy,

Joji Alonso·31 July 2026

Mary Grace, show yourself
EDITORIAL

Mary Grace, show yourself

Bongbong doesn’t ring fake to you; it sounds impossible. Yet this country elected Bongbong. Twice the bong.

DT·30 July 2026

Silence means capitulation
EDITORIAL

Silence means capitulation

What the speech did not do, in any sustained way, was treat crime and drugs as a critical problem requiring a national answer.

DT·30 July 2026

Sara clueless on Pax Silica debate
OPINION

Sara clueless on Pax Silica debate

Data centers do not run on ambition alone. They require vast tracts of land, consume enormous amounts of electricity and use tremendous…

Vivienne Angeles (VA),Carl Magadia,Jason Mago·30 July 2026

SoNA 2026: Romualdez gambit to space odyssey
OPINION

SoNA 2026: Romualdez gambit to space odyssey

For a country whose vast population queues for hours for P20 per kilo subsidized rice, one cannot help but ask if satellites can be eaten.

Jun Ledesma·30 July 2026

That part left unquoted
OPINION

That part left unquoted

If the Pasig teaches us that even a neglected river may flow again, Quezon reminds us that a Republic may also renew itself.

Aldin Jacinto Ali·30 July 2026

Power, progress and public trust
OPINION

Power, progress and public trust

For decades, one of the principal obstacles to reviving nuclear power in the Philippines was the absence of a modern and credible…

Dean Nilo Divina·30 July 2026

Partner feature
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COMMENTARY

Interactive edition

‘May PhilHealth naman’
HEADLINES

‘May PhilHealth naman’

Government must fund the promise. PhilHealth must make it real.

Brian Michael Icasas Cabral·5 hours ago

How ‘tindahan’ survives amid globalization and e-commerce
OPINION

How ‘tindahan’ survives amid globalization and e-commerce

The economic influence of the tindahan becomes more apparent when it is viewed as part of the country’s vast retail network.

Albert Julius Valeros Aycardo·6 hours ago

Gov’t procurement: SEC can’t insist on archaic rules
OPINION

Gov’t procurement: SEC can’t insist on archaic rules

The most significant shift in the NGPA is that sustainability is written directly into the law rather than treated as a bonus consideration.

Rogelio V. Quevedo·7 hours ago

Queenmaker: Stella Marquez-Araneta
SHOW

Queenmaker: Stella Marquez-Araneta

Sadly, Stella has not been a hundred percent well lately. Her last Binibining Pilipinas appearance was in 2024 where she was videotaped…

Butch Francisco·7 hours ago

China’s strategy for next Philippine elections
OPINION

China’s strategy for next Philippine elections

China desperately wants the younger Duterte to replace her old man, who is in jail. This is the critical sine qua non.

Bernie V. Lopez·8 hours ago

Safer than ever? Headlines disagree
OPINION

Safer than ever? Headlines disagree

Hope isn’t enough because we need the reality to match the numbers. We need the streets to actually feel safe, not look safe on paper and…

Gigie Arcilla·8 hours ago

Partner feature
Price of secrecy
OPINION

Price of secrecy

Once the public concludes that records are being kept out of sight, suspicion fills the space where facts should be.

John Henry Dodson·9 hours ago

Pax Silica: Who really wins?
OPINION

Pax Silica: Who really wins?

The case for Pax Silica is compelling. The world is racing to diversify technology supply chains.

Margarita Gutierrez·9 hours ago

Today's Opinion

Editorials

The Editorial Board

Victory undone

3 MIN READ

  • The Editorial Board

    Populist promise, unfunded mandate

    3 MIN READ

  • The Editorial Board

    Mary Grace, show yourself

    2 MIN READ

  • The Editorial Board

    Silence means capitulation

    3 MIN READ

  • The Editorial Board

    Up, up and under

    2 MIN READ

More Editorials →

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Victory undone
EDITORIAL

Victory undone

The deal with China is all wrong and risks walking back the country’s unassailable position in the West Philippine Sea.

DT·9 hours ago

Populist promise, unfunded mandate
EDITORIAL

Populist promise, unfunded mandate

Filipinos have every right to be angry that they’re being billed for electricity siphoned off by illegal connections their utility failed…

DT·9 hours ago

In good hands under Gibbons
SPORTS

In good hands under Gibbons

Any day now, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) is going to order Masamichi Yabuki to make a mandatory defense of the International…

Nick Giongco·31 July 2026

Child witness
OPINION

Child witness

Dear Atty. Kathy,

Joji Alonso·31 July 2026

Mary Grace, show yourself
EDITORIAL

Mary Grace, show yourself

Bongbong doesn’t ring fake to you; it sounds impossible. Yet this country elected Bongbong. Twice the bong.

DT·30 July 2026

Silence means capitulation
EDITORIAL

Silence means capitulation

What the speech did not do, in any sustained way, was treat crime and drugs as a critical problem requiring a national answer.

DT·30 July 2026

Sara clueless on Pax Silica debate
OPINION

Sara clueless on Pax Silica debate

Data centers do not run on ambition alone. They require vast tracts of land, consume enormous amounts of electricity and use tremendous…

Vivienne Angeles (VA),Carl Magadia,Jason Mago·30 July 2026

SoNA 2026: Romualdez gambit to space odyssey
OPINION

SoNA 2026: Romualdez gambit to space odyssey

For a country whose vast population queues for hours for P20 per kilo subsidized rice, one cannot help but ask if satellites can be eaten.

Jun Ledesma·30 July 2026

That part left unquoted
OPINION

That part left unquoted

If the Pasig teaches us that even a neglected river may flow again, Quezon reminds us that a Republic may also renew itself.

Aldin Jacinto Ali·30 July 2026

Power, progress and public trust
OPINION

Power, progress and public trust

For decades, one of the principal obstacles to reviving nuclear power in the Philippines was the absence of a modern and credible…

Dean Nilo Divina·30 July 2026

Guest essays

‘May PhilHealth naman’

Brian Michael Icasas Cabral

‘May PhilHealth naman’

4 MIN READ

  • Albert Julius Valeros Aycardo

    How ‘tindahan’ survives amid globalization and e-commerce

    3 MIN READ

  • Rogelio V. Quevedo

    Gov’t procurement: SEC can’t insist on archaic rules

    2 MIN READ

  • Butch Francisco

    Queenmaker: Stella Marquez-Araneta

    5 MIN READ

More Guest essays →

Scuttlebutt

One big tab awaits

One big tab awaits

DT·2 MIN READ

  • Too dense to lead

    Raffy Ayeng·2 MIN READ

  • Hidden cost of ‘free’

    DT·2 MIN READ

  • Back in snake pit

    DT·2 MIN READ

  • Solon’s creative accounting

    DT·2 MIN READ

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