Opinion

End of an Era: Victoria Plaza closes, taking with it 32 years of Davao’s shared memories

DAVAO CITY (January 1, 2026)— At exactly 5:00 p.m. on December 31, 2025, the lights dimmed, and the doors quietly shut at Victoria Plaza, ending a 32-year chapter...

Bucana Bridge and the Battle for Power in Davao

DAVAO CITY (January 1, 2026) -The opening of the Bucana Bridge is more than an infrastructure milestone. It...

Victoria Plaza CEO Bids Farewell as Davao’s First Mall Closes a Chapter

DAVAO CITY (December 31) — “But there are dreams that cannot be… and there are storms we cannot...

Senate ratifies ₱6.79-trillion 2026 budget—big boosts for education, health, agriculture, but questions linger

MANILA  (December 30) — The Senate has ratified the proposed ₱6.793-trillion national budget for 2026, touting large allocations...

NIA’s strong 2025 scorecard: real reform—or a rebound still under scrutiny?

MANILA  (December 30) — After years of stalled projects, cost overruns, and public distrust, the National Irrigation Administration...
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Conflicting Interests

The thing is,  Rappler Inc. and Rappler Holdings Corp. is an online news website managed and operated with an investment from a foreign company. ...

Beyond grief

It was a bittersweet parting for the year.  In the aftermath of typhoon Vinta, an estimated 57,000 evacuees in Mindanao, including 18,500 families in the...

Ethics on Promoting Milk Substitutes

Reviving the breastfeeding culture in the is facing rough challenges owing to the aggressive advertising of processed milk products for infants. While there are medical factors that...

Whose Interest?

Breastfeeding may be the single most important intervention that can save the lives both of mothers and infants.  It can drastically reduce stunting, prevent...

Candle Lights

In 2016, the Philippines became the first Asian country to license Sanofi Pasteur’s dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, even before it was prequalified by the World...

Revolutionary Government?

What is there to be afraid of RevGov? “I’d go to RevGov only if the ship of state is about to sink…maybe I’d be...
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