It was unexpected to hear President Rodrigo Duterte, in his usual Monday night address, scold Facebook for taking down accounts said to be have been created by the Philippine police and military; it was unsurprising behavior, though, for a populist leader who expects things to go his way. Facebook is…

It is unsurprising that our country lags in internet speed and connectivity, given that the head of the Department of Information and Communications Technology thinks that 3 to 7 Mbps (megabits per second) speeds are “hindi na …masama” (not bad). Speaking in a House hearing on Tuesday (Sep. 15) DICT…

In rapid time, the Department of Justice’s Task Force PhilHealth has identified the PhilHealth officials to be criminally and administratively charged for violating the Anti-Graft Law and the Revised Penal Code, in connection with the reported loss of some P15 billion in agency funds through fraud. President Rodrigo Duterte announced…

People are up in arms about the Manila Bay “white sand” controversy, and rightly so, because nearly P400 million is being spent on a non-essential urban beautification project during a time of pandemic and rampant unemployment. But what it also is, is a distraction from one of the worst corruption…

The plan to scatter “white sand” across a 500-meter stretch of Manila Bay shoreline to “beautify” it is like smearing a thin layer of sandwich spread on bread for no other benefit than an initial jolt of flavor. Was there anything wrong in the first place with the Bay’s sands…

So Mocha Uson has been recycled back into government. Did you expect anything else? I believed it was just a matter of time. The erstwhile performer — the headline and subheads of journalist Alan Robles’ article yesterday in the South China Morning Post describes her as a “queen of fake…

ALL PHOTOS BY Dr. JENNY ORTUOSTE (iPhone 7+) Stern friars stand against a backdrop of blood-red, hands raised in blessing or accusation. A skeleton hunches over, peering without eyes or brain at a book. …

SHORT FICTION The child in her mother’s arms wailed in pain, a desolate cry that the mother could not quell as she rocked the child to and fro. She pressed a palm against the child’s stomach. “It still hurts, Mama,” the child fretted. “My stomach hurts bad. My head, too.” …

Walking safely and conveniently from Monumento to Taft might soon be a reality. The Senate conducted a hearing yesterday morning to discuss the feasibility of proposals to construct elevated walkways along EDSA. According to live tweets by DZMM Teleradyo’s Michael Delizo, the Senate Committee on Public Works is ready to…