When long-standing local business owners are pushed out of a neighborhood whether by rising rents, redevelopment policies, or shifting market forces, the loss is felt far beyond storefront windows.

When Main Street Loses Its Mix

Alice Reyes Dance Philippines (ARDP), in collaboration with the University of the Philippines, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and the Cultural Center of the Philippines, with the generous support of the Office of Senator Pia Cayetano, was proud to announce the 2026 restaging of “Tales of the Manuvu.” Premiered in 1977, this production is the first Filipino rock opera ballet, masterfully weaving indigenous mythology with the vibrant energy of rock and pop music.

‘Tales of the Manuvu’ makes a comeback

Waraynon Navy Rear Admiral: 

Even amid the surface tension surrounding the disputed waters of the West Philippine Sea, there are people in the background exerting their best to secure peace and harmony in the region.

On the frontlines of peace in PH waters

For decades, Santa Rosa City has led the way in the transformation of Laguna from a predominantly-agricultural province to one of the largest industrial hubs outside Metro Manila.

PH's first hyperscale data center opens in Santa Rosa City

“Sa Lungsod ng Biñan, pamahalaan ay nagkakaisa, kaya’t pinagkakatiwalaan.”

UNITY BEGETS TRUST

Tacloban’s downtown core has always been a story of trade. As the capital of Tacloban and the economic heart of Leyte, its streets around Avenida Veteranos and Justice Romualdez have long reflected the ebbs and flows of migration, disaster recovery, and retail change.

Tac City: The Next Chinatown?

It's the prominent politician Rafael Alunan III who mentioned that the late actor Pepito Rodriguez was a Visayan.

Visayan roots of the late Pepito Rodriguez traced

Former beauty queen Angel Rose Tambal-Yang has recently announced that she is expecting her first child, sharing the joyful news with supporters through a heartfelt social media post this week.

Beauty Queen Angel Rose Tambal-Yang Announces Pregnancy

As part of honoring the contributions of the Filipino worker last Labor Day, May 1, the Social Security System (SSS) said it has rolled out enhanced and expanded programs for its members.

Enhanced programs for SSS members

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Business and trade, not quarrels with China

In our engagements with the superpower neighbor China, it appears that it is the Philippine private sector that is showing the government how to handle things and issues correctly.  Listen, Tarriela, Carpio, Tulfo and Risa:  business and trade, not quarrels with China.

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Sara Duterte: Hakbang na Hindi Umatras, Kundi Umandar

.....may tatlong posibleng bunga: una, mabubunyag kung sino ang handang sumabay; ikalawa, mahahati ang oposisyon; at ikatlo, mapipilitang mag-react ang lahat.

MARCHANISM MANIFESTO

Star '66 Pepito Rodriguez passes away

MARCOS SR. OUSTED, WHY IS JR. STILL HERE?

The ghosts of 1986 linger. Under Ferdinand Marcos Sr., corruption metastasized, institutions bent to Malacañang, media was muzzled, and public fury exploded into the People Power Revolution.

Red tape and red flags

Ano ba talaga ang pinag-uusapan sa sigalot tungkol sa ating dagat? Batas lang ba ito .... o kapangyarihan?

West Philippine Sea: Mga Tanong sa Gitna ng Alon at Batas

In his Ash Wednesday sermon last February 18, the parish priest of a local church in San Pedro City where I attended Mass reminded the congregation that the observance of Lent is more than simply fasting and abstinence.