Editorial

Today, Aug. 25, 2025, we again pause to honor National Heroes Day, a solemn reminder of the sacrifices and ideals that forged our nation. Observed every last Monday of August and rooted in the Cry of Pugad Lawin that sparked the 1896 revolution, this day invites Filipinos to reflect on …

Apart from corruption ruining flood control, another issue has attracted public attention in the past weeks. Filipino-American actress Liza Soberano drew praise for narrating the abuse she suffered as a child at the hands of parental figures. Soberano has provided harrowing details of her abuse in her childhood, as her …

A proposal to grant all Filipino senior citizens a ₱1,500 monthly social pension through Senate Bill No. 215, or the Lingap Para Kay Lolo at Lola Act, filed by Senator Risa Hontiveros, is a long-overdue gesture of compassion and assistance. At its core, this measure is not just about economic …

Metro Manila’s roads have been choked with heavier-than-usual traffic in recent weeks, and the frustration is growing more palpable by the day. That’s expected to get heaviest when the Christmas season rolls in, which is in September, only a week away. If today we are experiencing 90-minute travel to destinations …

Technology has made many aspects of life easier. Governments and the private sector alike are investing in technology to develop smart communities and improve governance. The Marcos administration is moving to fast-track the shift to e-governance, not only to improve the delivery of services but also to cut opportunities for …

All eyes are currently on the contractors, their political patrons and officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways. But Sen. Panfilo Lacson, in his impressive privilege speech last Wednesday, mentioned another key player in what he described as the “flooded gates of corruption” in flood mitigation infrastructure: state …

President Marcos marked the 42nd death anniversary of Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. on Aug. 21, 2025, with a call for reflection and reconciliation. This is a courageous and overdue step toward healing a nation long fractured by the historical rift between the Marcos and Aquino clans. Yet words, however …

From being a correspondent of The Manila Times who covered the Korean War in the early fifties, Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino, Jr. became the youngest elected town mayor of Concepcion, Tarlac; then the youngest governor of Tarlac province; and catapulted himself to national politics as the youngest senator in 1967. When …

The nation marks the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. today with the people outraged over the greed that has caused so much public misery due to substandard or non-existent projects and programs costing billions in people’s money. Fighting massive corruption during the Marcos dictatorship was one …

Travel arrivals from South Korea – for many years the largest source of foreign tourists in the Philippines – have been going down, thanks to unsolved crimes targeting Koreans in the Philippines. Now the Japanese may follow, after two of their citizens were shot dead last Friday as they got …