Gov’t media expanding to Visayas, Mindanao

MANILA — The government media is expanding to various locations in Visayas and Mindanao, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar said on July 25. In...

Joyous resistance through costume and dance at Carnival

We partied morning to morning, and a joyous spirit permeated everything; speech, customs and appearances. The centrepiece of it all were wheeled fantasy islands (floats) inhabited...

US federal jury indicts Napoles, 5 others for transacting $20 million

Duterte warns anew to fire police ‘scalawags’

President Rodrigo Duterte warned anew policemen who commit transgressions while in service, telling them they will be his next “project” if they don’t straight up. In...

What do colleges want? It’s hiding in plain sight

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The college application process can seem pretty mysterious to the uninitiated. But what colleges want from their applicants isn’t a secret. Schools telegraph...

Duterte to mediate his party’s disunion

President Rodrigo Duterte will try his best to fix the faction tiff ongoing inside the country’s ruling party, Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan  (PDP-Laban). In a radio...

PNP to intensify war on drugs

Just as what President Rodrigo Duterte pronounced during the recent State of the Nation Address (SONA), Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director Oscar Albayalde said that...

Ballet to cure the Mexico City traffic blues

MEXICO CITY — Remedios Rosas was walking down a Mexico City street Saturday when she saw seven tutu-clad dancers tiptoe to the sidewalk, their chins held...

Morales urges Martires to stand vs. corruption

MANILA — Retired Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales on Friday urged newly-appointed anti-graft body head Samuel Martires to stand against corruption, pursuant to the mandate of the Office of...

Con-com says federalism leads to greater PH economic growth

The Consultative Committee (Con-com) said the Philippine economy won’t drain once it shifts to a federal system as such transition can even lead to “greater growth. buy...