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Contingency
by Alex Magno - April 2, 2026 - 12:00am
We cannot anticipate everything. But we can do enough so we can better cope with the unanticipated.
Powerless
by Alex Magno - March 31, 2026 - 12:00am
The world’s energy nightmare has only just begun.
Cloned
by Alex Magno - March 28, 2026 - 12:00am
If only our illegal gambling syndicates applied their immense creativity to solving our economic problems.
Urgency
by Alex Magno - March 26, 2026 - 12:00am
It is like our house is burning and our government is in suspended animation.
Compounded
by Alex Magno - March 24, 2026 - 12:00am
There is no turning back, unfortunately. 
Discourteous
by Alex Magno - March 21, 2026 - 12:00am
Solicitor General Darlene Berberabe is being discourteous to the Supreme Court.
Scrambling
by Alex Magno - March 19, 2026 - 12:00am
A global economic meltdown is coming our way.
Certainty
by Alex Magno - March 17, 2026 - 12:00am
The news was buried by the blaring headlines of the day.
Broken
by Alex Magno - March 14, 2026 - 12:00am
We are now past two weeks of intense warfare in the Middle East.
Consolation
by Alex Magno - March 12, 2026 - 12:00am
This is a small consolation. But at a time when all sorts of doomsday scenarios proliferate, this is a most welcome one.
Monitor
by Alex Magno - March 10, 2026 - 12:00am
President Bongbong Marcos departed last Sunday for New York.
Crash
by Alex Magno - March 7, 2026 - 12:00am
Over the next few days, Filipino consumers will be dealt a massive oil price hike. This is just a preview of many more problems to come.
Quagmire
by Alex Magno - March 5, 2026 - 12:00am
Netanhayu and Trump thought attacking Iran was going to be a walk in the park. Today, both realize they have walked into a quagmire.
Hormuz
by Alex Magno - March 3, 2026 - 12:00am
Even if you wish to ignore what is going on in the Middle East, you will still be paying for what happens there.
Unprogrammed
by Alex Magno - February 28, 2026 - 12:00am
My spellchecker does not accept the word “unprogrammed.” This machine has a better grasp of semantics than many of our legislators.
Battle-ready
by Alex Magno - February 26, 2026 - 12:00am
Two aircraft carrier battle groups are within range. Squadrons of advanced fighter planes have relocated from bases around the world to Iran’s periphery.
Unsettled
by Alex Magno - February 24, 2026 - 12:00am
When Regional Trial Court Pangasinan Branch 53 set aside the machine count in favor of the manual count in last year’s Rosales vice mayoral contest, serious questions about jurisdiction and the reliability...
Headstart
by Alex Magno - February 21, 2026 - 12:00am
It is not as if Sara Duterte woke up one fine morning this week and announced she will seek the presidency.
Fallible
by Alex Magno - February 19, 2026 - 12:00am
This story hovered under the radar. It deserved to be there only if we ignore the disturbing implications.
Disorder
by Alex Magno - February 17, 2026 - 12:00am
The recently concluded Munich Security Conference left us with a dire warning: the post-1945 world order is dead. In its place, we now have a period of “great power politics” where the bigger powers get...
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