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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Come to Think of It

Conduct becoming of a troll

WHEN you find a dead cockroach served with your pancit canton, do you not have the right to complain and the right to be heard by...

The fourth horseman

“I SAW, and look! A pale horse, and the one seated on it had the name Death. And the Grave was closely following him. And authority...

Mayors in action

THE nCovid pandemic has affected us in ways like no other calamity ever has. Typhoons, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes have brought us to our knees. But this...

Devastation of Philippine maritime wealth

SENATOR Manny Pacquiao was heard in the radio explaining his vote against the resolution forwarded by Senator Franklin Drilon and others that opposed the Philippines’ withdrawal from...

Locked in Luzon

AS OF press time, the Palace has just announced the issuance over the weekend of a memorandum placing the entire Luzon under “enhanced community quarantine.” In broad...

Shadow boxing

THE lights are up. The fighter throws punches in the air without an opponent. He throws combinations. He fights his own shadow. By all indications, this...

Tale of two treaties

LAST Feb. 11, the Duterte government formally sent notice of its termination of the Philippines’ Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States of America. This followed...

In the name of the Republic

THE CAPTION of the quo warranto petition filed by the Office of the Solicitor General against television network ABS-CBN reads, “Republic of the Philippines, represented by Solicitor...