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The government’s emergency subsidy: Lacking substantive matters

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte announced on March 30 the biggest aid package ever to be given by government to people in need. Mandated by law to report on that day,... Read more

Questioning Duterte’s need for emergency powers

THE DISMAL performance of the national government in handling the COVID-19 pandemic has enraged ordinary citizens, who have been forced into a lockdown without concrete guarantees for their daily... Read more

The pandemic’s economic fallout

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte on March 16 placed Luzon under “enhanced community quarantine,” which restricts the movement of roughly 60 million Filipinos. The quarantine mandated the temporary closure of non-essential... Read more

A closer look at the weak link in the fight against COVID-19

THE CRISIS over the novel coronavirus has highlighted the weakness of the national health system in the country, an issue that urges concerned Filipinos to understand it within a... Read more

Deconstructing the administration stand on POGOs

NO ONE seems to agree with President Duterte that Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) are good for the country. And yet no one dares question his judgment to his... Read more

Hostage-taking crisis in San Juan mall: Media could have done better

SADLY, HOSTAGE-taking incidents are not new in this country; there have been enough to teach the police how to handle these situations so as to prevent more harm. But... Read more

Immigration Story: Influx of Chinese and POGOs

THE HEAT IS on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), and by extension, the influx of Chinese nationals, with the latter under scrutiny for criminal activities and incidents of bad... Read more

Tall order? Questions about South Korea travel ban

WITH 64 countries other than China reporting confirmed cases, governments have stepped up efforts to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). South Korea is second only to China in the... Read more

Senate’s war on terror: Bill goes unquestioned by the media

ANOTHER MEASURE broadening the scope of state action to fight terrorism is on the horizon. But the proposed legislation, which was approved on its third and final reading this... Read more

Curious confidential funds — and media’s curious loss of interest

THE RESIGNATION of a public official at the level of undersecretary does not usually make news. But when Eliseo Rio, Jr., undersecretary in the Department of Information and Communications... Read more