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Pork by any other name would stink just as bad
By Tita C. Valderama
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Oct 20, 2025
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Over the years, lawmakers have mastered the art of bastardizing the budget, the most important piece of legislation that Congress passes every year. Based on how they mangled the 2023 to 2025 budgets, it would appear that the present crop of legislators has outdone all past congresses in terms of the enormity of the amount and degree of shamelessness in abusing their power of the purse.

A loving and joyful sendoff for Pablo Tariman
By Liana Garcellano with a sidebar by Elizabeth Lolarga
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Oct 18, 2025
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Excerpt from a poem by Pablo Tariman: I like the peace that comes with the prospect of dying./ But when you die young you pause and think of the possibilities of a more fruitful life ahead./ Then and now, you learn to appreciate the long and short of a borrowed life.

Bagong Pilipinas, saan papunta?
By VERA Files
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Oct 15, 2025
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Habang tumitindi ang galit ng taumbayan sa mga pagkukulang ng administrasyon sa pagtugon sa maiinit na isyu, saan patungo ang mga plano ni Marcos? Panoorin ang dokumentaryong handog ng VERA Files.
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