Archive - Editor's Pick Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Editor's Pick Alice Guo back at the Senate The controversial Alice Guo, the dismissed mayor of Bamban, Tarlac arrived at the Philippine Senate Monday, Sept. 9, wearing a bullet-proof vest for the continuation of the probe on the POGO. By Bullit Marquez | Sep 10, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick How to encourage millennials and Gen Z to build an appetite for news Getting people to consume news these days is like trying to get them to eat broccoli: one needs to accompany it with cheese, or something a little more appetizing to make it palatable. By Celine Isabelle Samson * | Sep 3, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Tobacco companies’ donations to government undermine good governance The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) allegedly accepted three mobile clinics from Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation. DSWD has had a clear policy since 2010 of not accepting donations from the tobacco industry. By Irene Patricia Reyes* | Aug 31, 2024 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Sara Duterte cornered for her lies Sara Duterte, I believe, is sick of a narcissistic personality disorder, as others in her family are. By Antonio J. Montalvan II | Aug 30, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Jose Abad Santos, the lesser known hero Reading “Honor” meant reaching an understanding of the man in whose honor my alma mater was - a hero of courage, dignity and altruism who believed that extending help to others without ulterior motives should be the norm and not the exception. By Liana Garcellano | Aug 25, 2024 | 9-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick FACT CHECK: Chocolates brought in as gifts NOT prohibited in airports A Facebook page claimed that chocolates and pasalubong are not allowed in airports in the Philippines. This is not true. By VERA Files | Aug 21, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Will Paolo Duterte bare his back now? Trillanes claimed that Paolo Duterte had a dragon-like tattoo on his back that is known to be worn by Chinese triad members. By Tita C. Valderama | Aug 19, 2024 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Heroes’ welcome for Olympians Double gold medalist Carlos Yulo, bronze medalists Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas led the athletes who brought honor to the country in the recently concluded Paris 2024 Olympics in sharing their joy with the Filipino people and thanking them for their support. By Bullit Marquez | Aug 15, 2024 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick FACT SHEET: Why does the BARMM parliamentary election matter? For the first time, the BARMM will have an election to fill 80 seats in the Bangsamoro parliament in May 2025, simultaneously with the midterm national elections. By Psalm Mishael Taruc | Aug 13, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick The Duterte-Bong Go plan to assassinate Senator Trillanes It was a plan that was hatched just when the then police hitman of the Davao Death Squad Arturo Lascañas was on the verge of confessing his sins to the Filipino people. By Antonio J. Montalvan II | Aug 11, 2024 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick OH, poor Sara! Gadon said the "lavish" expenditure for the vice president's security unit could have been put to better use, such as feeding the hungry and alleviating the poor. By Tita C. Valderama | Aug 5, 2024 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick 313 And then out of pique, Vice President Sara Duterte told PNP Chief Rommel Marbil that she was returning to the PNP the 45 police escorts he had provided the OVP with. 358 – 45 = 313 security escorts. By Antonio J. Montalvan II | Jul 31, 2024 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 83 Older posts