18+ hour, 41+ min ago   (1261+ words) The constitutional dispute is ultimately about whether a fixed Senate denominator can cause a two-thirds requirement to operate as a substantially higher threshold By Francis Allan L Angelo and Joseph Ledesma Ladrido The arithmetic becomes less straightforward when some senators…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (540+ words) BACOLOD CITY — Authorities arrested a 78-year-old man wanted for libel at the Cottage Road Hall of Justice in Barangay 9 on Thursday, a day after he allegedly caused a disturbance and made a threat at the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol. According…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (828+ words) By Francis Allan L. Angelo ILOILO CITY – The Healthy Philippines Alliance and HealthJustice Philippines urged Congress to impose the highest possible excise tax on vapor products, proposing a minimum rate of PHP 80 to protect young Filipinos from nicotine addiction. The groups…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (412+ words) By Francis Allan L. Angelo and Joseph Ledesma Ladrido After 21 completed trial days, our outlook on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte has moved clearly on the merits but only slightly on the probability of actual conviction. The evidence now…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (561+ words) By Jennifer P. Rendon ILOILO CITY — There is much that young people can do to help make schools safer. Police Regional Office 6 Director Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño highlighted the role of young people in building safer learning environments during the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (396+ words) By Felipe V. Celino ROXAS CITY, Capiz — A 29-year-old vendor was arrested Thursday afternoon, Sept. 3, during a police buy-bust operation under Oplan Paglalansag Omega in Barangay Banica, Roxas City. Police identified the suspect as Dennis Bunda, single, and a resident of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (824+ words) By Francis Allan L. Angelo ILOILO CITY – Metro Pacific Water is advancing the Jalaur Water Treatment Project, expected to deliver an additional 86 million liters of water per day for Iloilo once operational, alongside a 66.5-MLD desalination facility intended to reduce the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (226+ words) By John Anthony S. Estolloso On that note, Renei Dimla’s film steals the spotlight by handing us a clownish mirror of our times and ourselves. Then again, which of these things have not happened in our politics? For all its caricaturing…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1092+ words) By Francis Allan L. Angelo The Philippines has undertaken major reforms and increased investments in education, health, social protection, and skills development, but stronger institutions are needed to ensure that these investments translate into sustained productivity and economic transformation, according to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1125+ words) By Francis Allan L. Angelo MANILA – The share of Filipinos who believe Vice President Sara Duterte is guilty of the impeachment charges rose from 34.3% to 36.3% between the weeks of Aug. 10 to 16 and Aug. 17 to 23, according to the second wave of Pulso…...