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Mirror Images: My interviews with two Presidents

I wouldn’t call them friends, but neither were they mere acquaintances. Presidents Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III and Rodrigo Roa Duterte will forever stand...

USD 976 million power investment

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers the keynote address at the inauguration of Pagbilao Energy Corporation’s (PEC) 420- megawatt Pagbilao Unit 3 Power Project in...

Federalism in three acts

The Philippines Graphic begins its launching, with this issue, of a massive information campaign on Federalism and the possible directions we might consider taking as a...

You better work by Marie Yuvienco

An uncanny feeling of déjà vu pervades Executive Order No. 51 signed by Rodrigo Duterte this past Labor Day.  It says nothing new, its...

Labor’s juncture: between promises and faith

The March 23 to 28 Pulse Asia survey revealed the top concern of the average Filipino today: wage or salary increase. And for more than...

Marawi: Key to Mindanao’s economic development

It was more than a meeting that sought to provide solutions to the lingering problems related to rebuilding Marawi City. The Mindanao Investments Forum, which...

NEWS IN FOCUS / February: Love and hate in the time of Digong

The first day of February turned Red with the arrest of National Democratic Front (NDF) consultant Rafael Baylosis. It was the first demonstration of...

Labor’s not so middle class woes

Third time’s the charm, but not in this case. The third dialogue of organized labor with President Rodrigo Duterte to put a stop to...

NEWS IN FOCUS / January’s blasts: Dengvaxia, Cha-Cha, firings, Rappler, and Mayon Volcano

January opened with a growing frequency of reports on child deaths that the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) attributed to Dengvaxia—the first anti-dengue...

Dance Macabre

The conversation anent charter change has taken a turn for the serious and you can tell by the way the newspapers are reporting it....