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[Two Pronged] Struggling to recover from the holiday blues

'My mother died two years ago and never got over my father leaving her. My two other siblings used to be as sad as me, but have gotten over it.'

2025/12/21

Antipolo congressman Romeo Acop dies

House Deputy Speaker Ronaldo Puno says Antipolo City 2nd District Representative Romeo Acop suffered a heart attack on Saturday night, December 20

2025/12/21

[Time Trowel] The world on the Media Noche table

When we prepare Media Noche, cook rice, slice camote, or add chilis to our food, we take part in histories formed over thousands of years. The New Year feast reflects

2025/12/21

[Tambay] Salamat sa usiserong paslit, naiba ang pananaw ko sa Noche Buena

Marami ang napipikon kapag nababanggit ang ‘P500 noche buena,’ pero kung tutuusin marami pang ibang bagay na maipagpapasalamat ngayong Pasko

2025/12/21

PH wraps up 2025 SEA Games with 277-medal haul highlighted by 50 golds

The Philippines reaches the half-century mark in golds for the fourth straight SEA Games even as it finishes sixth in the race for the overall championship

2025/12/20

[REFLECTION] Prayer and the flood control mess

'Prayer requires action. This starts with recognizing our own contribution to this dire situation.'

2025/12/20

Mission accomplished for Pons, Alas in hunt for SEA Games gold

'I really manifested this gold,' says Bernadeth Pons, a member of the Alas Pilipinas quartet that captured a historic women's beach volleyball crown for the Philippines

2025/12/20

Cathy Cabral and what she knew about DPWH corruption

Now that Cabral's gone, how will investigations of flood control corruption proceed?

2025/12/20

Lucio Co’s takeover of PrimeWater ‘injustice’ for Bacolod consumers – watchdogs

'If Co's Crystal Bridges takes over with the same form of [joint venture agreement] without consulting first the consumers, then, nothing good will happen,' says

2025/12/20

The week in photos: December 13-19, 2025

A group of people set fire to the Prothom Alo newspaper office in Karwan Bazar, following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a student leader who had been receiving

2025/12/20