(Power, Water, Corruption: First of a series)


A government shutdown can close offices. A power shortage can bring an entire community to a standstill. Put the two together, and the consequences could reach far beyond the walls of government.

Eastern Visayas should pay attention.



WHEN THE LIGHTS FLICKER

A brief reprieve for transport groups, another burden to carry for commuters.


ALL LOSERS

The hottest controversy to hit the local media this week is the escalation of the conflict not between the Philippines and Chinese vessels over the Spratlys in the South China Sea, but between defense secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro and the Chinese Embassy in Manila, headed by Ambassador Jin Quan.


 OBSTRUCTIONIST

Power bills surge. Fuel prices climb. Relief remains largely invisible to the people paying the bills.


EV Pays the Price

(Power, Water, Corruption: Second of a series)


In Tacloban City, where the Romualdez family has long wielded political influence, residents have reported a problem no political speech has been able to wash away: unreliable water.


THIRST IN THE SEAT OF POWER

Quezon politics, for decades, have always been dominated by a few political families.


BATTLE OF THE TITANS

Biñan City PESO bags 3rd consecutive ‘Best PESO’ award


98.9 percent. That was the magic number that earned Biñan City, Laguna its third consecutive Best Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Award at the recent 26th National PESO Congress.


98% EMPLOYED

The arrest of former House Speaker and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez has raised a question that matters beyond the courtroom: what happens to the infrastructure pipeline that Eastern Visayas has come to associate with his political influence?



AFTER ROMUALDEZ

Biñan City YASDO credits ‘grassroots’ approach to 4th consecutive ‘Oustanding LYDO’ win

"Sa Lungsod ng Biñan, kabataan ay nangunguna at nakikialam."


YOUTH POWER

Congressmen in Laguna province are now in defensive mode.

The reason is understandable. Some legislators, past and present, have been implicated in the massive flood-control scandal involving billions of pesos in public funds allegedly diverted through fictitious, overpriced, substandard, or unnecessary projects.


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