July 19, 2026

Editorial

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If not autonomy, what?

A few days ago was the Cordillera Day. The day felt like an ordinary day. Indeed, it was. For autonomy, as was evident for more than a decade already was ...

Always remember

How lucky are we that typhoon Inday only managed to graze us with its tail. The former super typhoon did not land on our shores but just look how vulnerable ...

The valuable lesson from Alex Ealas’s last game

We ride on with the Alex Eala mania. In her last game in Wimbledon against Maya Joint who earlier defeated her in a heartbreaking manner, it appeared she would be ...

The right attitude during disasters

It is rainy season again. But even with the season’s regularity we seem to be always unprepared for its victims. Up to now we don’t have buildings specifically for that ...

Education

This day, June 19, is the birthday of our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. It is a convenient time given that just some days ago, were the first day of ...

Natural hazards

Throughout social media, we have seen the videos of structures in Mindanao shaking from the effects of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Buildings collapsed and even schools just a few feet ...

An advice

I know somebody, a young lad, whose plate is full of troubling issues now. I advised him thus, the secret to life is to keep on going. It is not ...

We won’t back down

We might have appeared to have slackened a bit, but we are back. Like any other outfit run by humans, it goes by the people behind it. The past many ...

Tears

As the nation continues to import vegetables, our very own pechays, carrots, cabbages are being thrown out due to oversupply. Tons and tons of these vegetables are thrown out as ...

By the roll of the dice, fortunes are made or futures are broken

During difficult times, scams will be everywhere also gambling dens. They proliferate with the backing of politicians wielded through the police force or other law enforcers. Of course, the payolas ...

Always remember

After enjoying the sun for a few months, typhoon season is here to bring us back to reality. After the ghost project scandals last year, the series of protests and ...

Indignation and a lot more

Anger, that is what the we the Filipinos need. Those in power should know we are already very angry at how they are running, or not running this country. Not ...

Cycle

As June starts creeping up, the typhoons return and meet the familiar sight they have been seing for decades. Non-existent or dilapidated flood control facilities. Homes that are supposed to ...

Worshiping politicians

As prices increase and the purchasing power of the common Filipino decreases, it is the poor who bear the brunt of the hit. Across the nation, the purchase of basic ...

Rollback

Some news reports are coming out with info that gas prices may see some rollback in the coming weeks. But these rollbacks, when compared to the increase that occurred for ...

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday to many Christians means redemption from past sins. To millions more, however, it is redemption from our past in general. The mistakes we made which include those not ...

Gambling with crisis

Alongside jeepney stations can you see small gambling stations, jueteng. When you stand by these small stations, the customers are usually the small folk. The grocery worker nearby, the jeepney ...

Transport strike

Due to the deadly rates of fuel, a transport strike has taken place nationally. But local transport groups in Baguio City have refused to join in. As a student and ...

Hot prices

Gas prices. The same topic has dominated the headlines. All over social media, people have posted ridiculous looking prices of gas, diesel, etc. It even has come to the point ...

The BCDA must pay its obligations to the city and its people

For many decades already, the Bases Conversion Development Authority continues to snob the city. It just continues to occupy the former Camp John Hay and introducing improvements thereat and making ...

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