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Thursday, July 31, 2025

Speaking Out

There they goooooooo


WATCHING the candidates file their certificates of candidacy (COCs) last week, I cannot help but recall the familiar reportage of a horse race sportscaster...

Thank God for teachers

AS I WRITE, it is National Teachers Day today – the culmination of a month-long commemoration honoring our noble and dedicated heroes in the...

Does age matter?

LAST week Senate President Vicente Sotto III filed a bill seeking to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility from the current 15 to...

The President is a joker

By his own admission, only two out of five of President Duterte’s public statements are true. The rest are just jokes. Ergo, if we heed...

Coping with disasters

WHEN WE submitted this article to our editor, Typhoon “Ompong” was roaring towards Northern Luzon packing no less than 205 km per hour winds. Here...

Keeping inflation in check

While waiting for my turn during one of my regular visits to my physician’s clinic, I met another early bird, a friendly recently-retired school...

Pede is dedo?

FEDERALISM is not dead in the water but certainly it is in for rough sailing. To date, the idea still sounds foreign to most Filipinos...

Decongesting EDSA

BY IGNACIO R. BUNYE THE METRO Manila Development Authority temporarily postponed implementation of its proposed “EDSA driver only rush hour ban” pending further consultation with...

Stupid experiment?

BY IGNACIO R. BUNYE THE EXPERIMENTAL run last week of “EDSA driver-only rush hour ban” drew mixed reactions from motorists. Angry reactions ranged from calling the...

Moving towards greater financial inclusion

BY IGNACIO R. BUNYE WITH a heritage unmatched in Philippine banking, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has every reason to be jubilant as it...