2+ week, 5+ day ago   (294+ words) By Janvie Soqueña Amido The Philippines has no shortage of ideas. Walk into a university innovation fair, attend a startup pitching competition, or sit down with young entrepreneurs over coffee, and you will hear ideas that are clever, ambitious, and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (452+ words) BACOLOD CITY — A 43-year-old man whom police described as a suspected drug personality was killed after he allegedly fired at officers serving a search warrant in Barangay Inolingan, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, on Sunday. Police were serving a search warrant…...

2+ week, 18+ hour ago   (360+ words) Jeremy Strong steps into the role of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the new trailer for “The Social Reckoning,” Aaron Sorkin’s companion film to the 2010 drama “The Social Network.” “The Social Reckoning” will open in Philippine cinemas on October 7. Sony…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (1645+ words) Nearly half of Filipinos surveyed by Pulso Intelligence Labs Inc. said they would find Vice President Sara Duterte not guilty in an impeachment trial, while Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero received the highest public rating among 21 senator-judges covered by the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (526+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Roughly 49% of Filipino adults approve of Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s arrest in connection with his plunder case involving P75 million in alleged undeclared campaign donations, according to the July 2026 issue of The National Momentum Survey. Specifically, 9.5% of Filipino adults say…...

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…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (840+ words) BACOLOD CITY — Police Brig. Gen. Romano Cardiño, director of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), marked his first 100 days in office with intensified operations against illegal drugs and cigarette smuggling that resulted in seizures valued at about PHP 211.5 million…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1661+ words) By Francis Allan L. Angelo MANILA — Interior Secretary Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla has asked Congress to criminalize the careless storage of firearms and to strip loose-firearm offenses of bail, an accountability push that moves the legal burden from the children who…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1119+ words) Only a quarter of Filipino adults say they follow political news daily, and even fewer — 9% — say they regularly share their political opinions with others, according to the July 2026 issue of The National Momentum Survey. For nearly 2 in 5 Filipino adults, political…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (675+ words) GUIMARAS — The inflation rate for the bottom 30% income households in Guimaras remained at 5.7% in July 2026, unchanged from June, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority. The July rate was significantly higher than the negative 1.4% recorded in July…...