Bliss or bore
"Through the bliss or bore, the saddest element is to note the deterioration of our once beautifully livable country into ...
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Ang Bayani, bow!
"BF was the epitome of efficiency and effective leadership, armed with vision and political will, qualities which if appreciated by ...
Read moreFingers in the dike
"Why in heaven’s name should Comelec spend to automate barangay and that useless SK elections, when all the voter needs ...
Read moreThe rice conundrum
"Imported rice, as a rule of thumb, must be in the country before the typhoon season (the lean months) arrives" ...
Read morePoliti-crazy
"Meanwhile, less funds go to the basics: health, education, infrastructure. What a country!" Assuming without accepting the DA, DTI and ...
Read moreMagalong’s quest
"The multi-headed hydra of corruption most gross along with incompetent service to the public that placed officials in power continues, ...
Read moreForty years after
"Who among competent and highly qualified managers in the private sector would still want to enter public service after seeing ...
Read moreWhen the ghosts come marching in
"Will the gods of rice exact upon the Philippines the wages of our government’s neglect of agriculture in past years, ...
Read moreDemand management
"A diet of rice plus instant noodles has led to malnutrition and stunting, breeding a nation of—I hate to say ...
Read moreWhistling in the dark
"While I keep writing about my worries, I keep hoping I am wrong" The good news is inflation has cooled ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.