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    COMMENTARY

    Partner feature
    A lingering habagat of bad news
    OPINION

    A lingering habagat of bad news

    This is about the torrent of bad news impacting US immigration policies at present, with millions of people around the world, including…

    Todith Garcia·1 hour ago

    Digital anti-corruption drive to go beyond 2028
    OPINION

    Digital anti-corruption drive to go beyond 2028

    The President stressed that the crusade against graft must persist beyond the end of his term to ensure long-term structural reform and…

    Art Besana·2 hours ago

    Political climate
    OPINION

    Political climate

    History is filled with instances of former presidents being prosecuted and imprisoned when a hostile successor takes office. This is where…

    CYNTHIA D. BALANA·2 hours ago

    Trial by jury
    OPINION

    Trial by jury

    There are strong suspicions our authoritarian-enamored, cynical feudalistic/dynastic families, without ever admitting it, still harbor…

    Nick V. Quijano Jr.·2 hours ago

    That sinking feeling
    OPINION

    That sinking feeling

    And what have investors watched all year? A pork barrel scandal worth over a trillion pesos. A parade of officials named and renamed in…

    Chito Lozada·3 hours ago

    Now he has one
    EDITORIAL

    Now he has one

    He cannot become more President. He is already at maximum President. There’s no President of all Presidents, nor a new and improved…

    DT·3 hours ago

    Where’s the master plan?
    EDITORIAL

    Where’s the master plan?

    A master plan that addresses only rainfall and ignores garbage, housing and encroachment is not a comprehensive program that would respond…

    DT·3 hours ago

    Devastating flood of lingering impunity
    OPINION

    Devastating flood of lingering impunity

    The Palace assures us that investigations are ongoing. But where are the convictions? Where are the jail sentences?

    LILA CZARINA A. AQUITANIA, ESQ.·1 September 2026

    Intelligence funds
    OPINION

    Intelligence funds

    Heads, they win. Tails, they still win. Coin lands on its edge? They need a bigger budget to investigate the coin.

    Vernon Velasco·1 September 2026

    The case for a Philippine RICO
    OPINION

    The case for a Philippine RICO

    The idea is not new here. Anti-racketeering bills have been filed since the 1990s but they lapsed for want of urgency.

    Jose Dominic F. Clavano IV·1 September 2026

    Survival mode
    OPINION

    Survival mode

    What kind of world are they preparing to survive — and why are they spending billions of dollars to build an escape hatch instead of…

    Dinah S. Ventura·1 September 2026

    Mideast Crisis: Battering’s far from over
    EDITORIAL

    Mideast Crisis: Battering’s far from over

    It is projected that continued conflict in the Middle East could push an additional 20.9 million people into poverty across 20 developing…

    DT·1 September 2026

    Who’s afraid of Col. Lachica?
    EDITORIAL

    Who’s afraid of Col. Lachica?

    If a lawyer knows a witness will hurt his case, he keeps that witness off the stand.

    DT·1 September 2026

    Senate: P7.2-T 2027 budget on schedule
    OPINION

    Senate: P7.2-T 2027 budget on schedule

    Even if a political crisis or a national security issue compresses the legislative calendar, the law provides a clear path forward rather…

    Art Besana·1 September 2026

    Let Filipinos eat savings
    EDITORIAL

    Let Filipinos eat savings

    Filipinos don’t need Remolona’s lecture on humility. We need paychecks that survive contact with the grocery, the rent and the tricycle…

    DT·31 August 2026

    Conscience, evidence, nothing else
    EDITORIAL

    Conscience, evidence, nothing else

    Set beside the Erap impeachment trial, the Corona trial of 2012 looked, on its surface, like vindication: A chief justice accused of hiding…

    DT·31 August 2026

    Gagging the truth
    OPINION

    Gagging the truth

    Escudero has reminded the Vice President that she is covered. Good. Now we wait to see what enforcement actually looks like.

    Barry Gutierrez·31 August 2026

    Protecting Cebu’s highlands
    OPINION

    Protecting Cebu’s highlands

    The cumulative effects of climate change, poor land management, and environmental neglect have painted a reality we can no longer ignore.

    Yogi Filemon Ruiz·31 August 2026

    Partner feature
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    Today's Front

    COMMENTARY

    Interactive edition

    A lingering habagat of bad news
    OPINION

    A lingering habagat of bad news

    This is about the torrent of bad news impacting US immigration policies at present, with millions of people around the world, including…

    Todith Garcia·1 hour ago

    Digital anti-corruption drive to go beyond 2028
    OPINION

    Digital anti-corruption drive to go beyond 2028

    The President stressed that the crusade against graft must persist beyond the end of his term to ensure long-term structural reform and…

    Art Besana·2 hours ago

    Political climate
    OPINION

    Political climate

    History is filled with instances of former presidents being prosecuted and imprisoned when a hostile successor takes office. This is where…

    CYNTHIA D. BALANA·2 hours ago

    Trial by jury
    OPINION

    Trial by jury

    There are strong suspicions our authoritarian-enamored, cynical feudalistic/dynastic families, without ever admitting it, still harbor…

    Nick V. Quijano Jr.·2 hours ago

    That sinking feeling
    OPINION

    That sinking feeling

    And what have investors watched all year? A pork barrel scandal worth over a trillion pesos. A parade of officials named and renamed in…

    Chito Lozada·3 hours ago

    Now he has one
    EDITORIAL

    Now he has one

    He cannot become more President. He is already at maximum President. There’s no President of all Presidents, nor a new and improved…

    DT·3 hours ago

    Partner feature
    Where’s the master plan?
    EDITORIAL

    Where’s the master plan?

    A master plan that addresses only rainfall and ignores garbage, housing and encroachment is not a comprehensive program that would respond…

    DT·3 hours ago

    Devastating flood of lingering impunity
    OPINION

    Devastating flood of lingering impunity

    The Palace assures us that investigations are ongoing. But where are the convictions? Where are the jail sentences?

    LILA CZARINA A. AQUITANIA, ESQ.·1 September 2026

    Today's Opinion

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    • Typewriter Fiend
    • Canned Thoughts
    • Generous Heart
    • Throttle Economics
    • Caught in the Web
    • Homo Politicus
    • Fit for Justice
    • Runner's High
    • Selfmusing
    • Side Bar
    • Turn Right With Care
    • The Auditor
    • Bottomline
    • Stargazer
    • Eagle's Nest
    • Going Forward
    • Open-Minded
    • Quo Vadis
    • A Dose of Law

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    Intelligence funds
    OPINION

    Intelligence funds

    Heads, they win. Tails, they still win. Coin lands on its edge? They need a bigger budget to investigate the coin.

    Vernon Velasco·1 September 2026

    The case for a Philippine RICO
    OPINION

    The case for a Philippine RICO

    The idea is not new here. Anti-racketeering bills have been filed since the 1990s but they lapsed for want of urgency.

    Jose Dominic F. Clavano IV·1 September 2026

    Survival mode
    OPINION

    Survival mode

    What kind of world are they preparing to survive — and why are they spending billions of dollars to build an escape hatch instead of…

    Dinah S. Ventura·1 September 2026

    Mideast Crisis: Battering’s far from over
    EDITORIAL

    Mideast Crisis: Battering’s far from over

    It is projected that continued conflict in the Middle East could push an additional 20.9 million people into poverty across 20 developing…

    DT·1 September 2026

    Who’s afraid of Col. Lachica?
    EDITORIAL

    Who’s afraid of Col. Lachica?

    If a lawyer knows a witness will hurt his case, he keeps that witness off the stand.

    DT·1 September 2026

    Senate: P7.2-T 2027 budget on schedule
    OPINION

    Senate: P7.2-T 2027 budget on schedule

    Even if a political crisis or a national security issue compresses the legislative calendar, the law provides a clear path forward rather…

    Art Besana·1 September 2026

    Let Filipinos eat savings
    EDITORIAL

    Let Filipinos eat savings

    Filipinos don’t need Remolona’s lecture on humility. We need paychecks that survive contact with the grocery, the rent and the tricycle…

    DT·31 August 2026

    Conscience, evidence, nothing else
    EDITORIAL

    Conscience, evidence, nothing else

    Set beside the Erap impeachment trial, the Corona trial of 2012 looked, on its surface, like vindication: A chief justice accused of hiding…

    DT·31 August 2026

    Gagging the truth
    OPINION

    Gagging the truth

    Escudero has reminded the Vice President that she is covered. Good. Now we wait to see what enforcement actually looks like.

    Barry Gutierrez·31 August 2026

    Protecting Cebu’s highlands
    OPINION

    Protecting Cebu’s highlands

    The cumulative effects of climate change, poor land management, and environmental neglect have painted a reality we can no longer ignore.

    Yogi Filemon Ruiz·31 August 2026

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