There’s a particular kind of silence that settles over a community when its last local newspaper closes. It’s not dramatic. Nobody marches. The mayor doesn’t issue a statement. The barangay captain keeps holding court. Things just — continue, more or less as before, except that the next procurement anomaly goes
March 28, 2026
Every few months, a fresh Duterte poll lands and the public argument quickly hardens into familiar camps. But the more revealing fact in WR Numero’s latest analysis is not just that national support for the International Criminal Court’s actions fell from 59% in March 2024 to 32% in April 2025.
March 27, 2026
That iced latte you’re sipping right now? It’s getting harder to make and more expensive to buy — and climate change is a big reason why. A new analysis from Climate Central, published Feb. 18, found that every single one of the 25 major coffee-growing countries it studied experienced more
March 24, 2026
A new Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) policy brief by Henrietta Levin and Hugh Grant-Chapman lays out something that should unsettle anyone paying attention: the Global South — home to most of the world’s population — has no real stake in defending Taiwan’s autonomy, and Beijing knows it.
March 23, 2026
Within hours of the United States and Israel launching coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 — Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion, targeting nuclear facilities and military installations across Tehran, Isfahan, and Qom — a former broadcaster named Jay Sonza had already done something far more dangerous to
March 18, 2026
In October 2025, journalist Regine Cabato published an investigative report for the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism outlining five red flags for spotting pro-China propaganda on social media. It was solid, sourced work — drawing on a 2024 study by political economist Alvin Camba and a confidential report obtained by
March 17, 2026
The PHP 18.27-billion reclamation deal is dead. Good riddance — though perhaps not for the reasons city hall is willing to admit. Iloilo Global City Corp. failed to meet requirements under the PPP Code, and negotiations collapsed before the deadline. That’s the official version. But the more honest story is
March 16, 2026
In the Most Loyal and Noble City, 168 barangays discover that budgets, like diets, are easier to talk about than actually start It takes a special kind of talent for a city sitting on more than PHP 50 billion in assessed wealth to act like it cannot afford the one
March 3, 2026
There is a statistic floating around from the SustainAbility Directions 2026 forum that should terrify – and thrill – every business owner in Iloilo. While most of the economy is trudging along at a 5-6% growth rate, sectors built on “human experience” – tourism, events, arts – are sprinting ahead
February 25, 2026
Sara Duterte wants to be president. She said so on February 18, more than two years before the 2028 elections and nineteen months before she can even file her candidacy. The political class has been picking the announcement apart ever since — some calling it desperate, others calling it shrewd,
February 24, 2026
“I did it because everyone else did it.” Most of us stopped using that line somewhere around fourth grade. It’s playground logic. The kind of thing you say when you’re caught copying someone’s homework and you genuinely can’t think of a better defense. But here we are. Jack Argota, content
February 19, 2026