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A heavy cross to bear
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 1, 2026 - 12:00am
The worsening non-crisis is giving new meaning to pasyon and penitensiya this Holy Week.
Energy shift
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - March 30, 2026 - 12:00am
With traditional jeepneys reducing their daily trips and pooling earnings, I’m noticing more e-jeepneys on the road these days.
Too late the hero
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - March 27, 2026 - 12:00am
When is a crisis not a crisis? When it’s a national energy emergency.
Going local
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - March 25, 2026 - 12:00am
Dealers of hybrid and fully electric vehicles reportedly can’t keep up with the orders these days.
Trump’s quagmire
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - March 23, 2026 - 12:00am
It wasn’t just my imagination: traffic has become lighter, even along EDSA.
Dirty money black hole
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - March 20, 2026 - 12:00am
Like a real anti-dynasty law, we badly need a law that genuinely regulates campaign finance.
Survey nudge
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - March 18, 2026 - 12:00am
Although the numbers are not statistically significant, results of the latest surveys taken by Pulse Asia have noteworthy indications, according to Ronald Holmes, president of the polling firm.
Goodbye, ICI
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - March 16, 2026 - 12:00am
And soon it ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.
Stopping Duterte 2.0
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - March 13, 2026 - 12:00am
A year to the day Rodrigo Duterte landed in prison in The Hague, people wondered: could his bloody crackdown on criminal elements happen again?
Just scrap it
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - March 11, 2026 - 12:00am
The ghost of the flood control mess is haunting even the government’s responses to the fuel crisis.
State of women
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - March 9, 2026 - 12:00am
Thanks to a congressman, we are reminded of the state of women’s rights in this country.
Institutionalizing dynasties
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - March 6, 2026 - 12:00am
After institutionalizing thievery in the national budget process, lawmakers now look set to institutionalize political dynasties.
Unregistered Pinoys
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - March 4, 2026 - 12:00am
These are some of the travails of the poor in this country:
Tourist draws
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - March 2, 2026 - 12:00am
There are Filipinos, mostly millennials and Gen Zs, who readily blow a month’s salary or school allowance on trips overseas just to watch K-pop bands.
Rody’s defense
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - February 27, 2026 - 12:00am
Vice President Sara Duterte is a lawyer, and judging from her latest statements, she sees her father the former president proceeding to trial before the International Criminal Court.
Change begins at 40
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - February 25, 2026 - 12:00am
The 40th anniversary of the people power revolt is being marked amid an unprecedented effort to hold accountable a former Philippine president for human rights violations.
The doctor is out
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - February 23, 2026 - 12:00am
There’s another reason why we must urgently address the crisis in education: we need more people to join the health care professions.
Madam President
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - February 20, 2026 - 12:00am
It says a lot about the nature of Philippine politics that when someone is accused of serious criminal offenses, the person runs for public office, or seeks a higher position in government.
Tikoy turon
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - February 18, 2026 - 12:00am
Recently I noticed a dessert fusing Filipino and Chinese sweets being sold at a mall: the tikoy turon.
The co-perpetrators
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - February 16, 2026 - 12:00am
All indications point to Rodrigo Duterte facing trial this year before the International Criminal Court for murder as a crime against humanity.
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