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Guarding our bank savings

by Iris Gonzales - January 9, 2025 - 12:00am

We already knew as early as July that the Marcos administration was siphoning a significant amount of the funds of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp., along with so-called idle funds from the Philippine Health...

Brace for impact

by Iris Gonzales - January 7, 2025 - 12:00am

Much has been said already about the 2025 budget, touted as the crookedest of all, but one glaring implication I’d like to stress is that it would set our country back, by at least a decade and possibly g...

From e-sabong to e-games craze

by Iris Gonzales - January 5, 2025 - 12:00am

Electronic casinos continue to hit the jackpot, growing exponentially and, as predicted, have shaken tycoons operating traditional casino floors.

New year wish list for the country

by Iris Gonzales - January 2, 2025 - 12:00am

The so-called dead week after Christmas and before New Year is one of my favorite times of each year.

And that’s a wrap, 2024

by Iris Gonzales - December 31, 2024 - 12:00am

‘Twas a year of plot twists and lots of drama, no doubt a classic zarzuela, Philippine politics edition.

Maharlika eyes NGCP deal soon

by Iris Gonzales - December 29, 2024 - 12:00am

If Maharlika Investment Corp. the country’s first sovereign wealth fund, has its way, its investment in the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines could become a reality as early as January, the first month...

Home

by Iris Gonzales - December 26, 2024 - 12:00am

Christmas, more than any other occasion throughout the year, always brings Filipinos home – wherever or whatever home may be.

‘Most corrupt national budget’

by Iris Gonzales - December 24, 2024 - 12:00am

The good news is that, despite the festive holiday season – one of the longest celebrations in the world – there is public outrage over the audacious insertions and cuts in the 2025 budget.

Glory and gore

by Iris Gonzales - December 22, 2024 - 12:00am

Somewhere between Roxas Boulevard in Manila and the University of the Philippines Diliman campus in Quezon City, a giddy feeling came over me.

Tycoons, cadavers and a cutting-edge school

by Iris Gonzales - December 19, 2024 - 12:00am

A cold female cadaver is laid out almost grotesquely on the table, ready for dissection, as tycoons Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Helen Yuchengco-Dee and Yvonne Yuchengco watched with wide-eyed awe while doctors...

Money heist

by Iris Gonzales - December 17, 2024 - 12:00am

What we’re seeing now is a jaw-dropping money heist involving our education and health care budgets.

‘Luxonomy’

by Iris Gonzales - December 15, 2024 - 12:00am

Many of our Southeast Asian neighbors, including Thailand and Vietnam, have beaten us in many areas – from manufacturing to technology.

Breakfast in Paris

by Iris Gonzales - December 12, 2024 - 12:00am

One can now leave Manila at night and be in Paris the next day, in time for a warm Parisian breakfast.

Can we eradicate corruption?

by Iris Gonzales - December 10, 2024 - 12:00am

Corruption is ultimately paid for by the poor, Pope Francis once said.

National Museum invokes right over Rizal’s ‘Mona Lisa’

by Iris Gonzales - December 8, 2024 - 12:00am

Our national hero Jose Rizal must be smiling in his grave.

Brain rot

by Iris Gonzales - December 5, 2024 - 12:00am

It might well be as dangerous as the COVID-19 pandemic, except this one’s a slow-burn type of endemic. The symptoms linger before worsening and, before we know it, we’ve spiraled down to the point of...

Toxic politics and stability

by Iris Gonzales - December 3, 2024 - 12:00am

In a country previously disrupted – and set back for years – by failed coup d’états, one can understand why businessmen get the jitters whenever the military gets involved or, in the recent...

Ponzi scams and celebrity endorsers

by Iris Gonzales - December 1, 2024 - 12:00am

The surprise arrest of actress Neri Naig has once again put the spotlight on the prevalence of get-rich-quick schemes in the Philippines.

Addicted to chaos

by Iris Gonzales - November 28, 2024 - 12:00am

It’s now an all-hell-breaks-loose situation, as the country’s two highest officials are caught in an ugly feud that grows uglier by the day.

Christmas cargo, kingly treasures, Glory

by Iris Gonzales - November 26, 2024 - 12:00am

With Christmas just around the corner, cargo flow is peaking. It is, after all, the time of the year when Filipinos are in the mood to spend, ordering everything they can find online for the holidays and likewise...

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