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A Peace Process Without a Democratic Finish Line For more than seven years, the people of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have lived under a promise repeatedly…
The unanimous passage of Resolution No. 18-24-01-2026 by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Davao Oriental marks a defining and historic moment in the province’s governance—one that firmly upholds environmental protection, social…
ZAMBOANGA CITY / BASILAN — As search and retrieval operations continue in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island, Basilan, disturbing questions are mounting over the true number of passengers aboard the…
The BOSS Ironman Motorcycle Challenge (BIMC) Mindanao Cup did not happen in a vacuum. It was not a rogue activity that slipped through the cracks. It was approved, permitted, endorsed,…
Public roads are not playgrounds for the powerful. They are lifelines—used daily by farmers hauling vegetables to market, workers rushing to earn a living, students crossing highways, tricycle drivers ferrying…
The sinking of M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 off the waters of Basilan, which claimed at least 40 lives, has once again exposed a painful truth Filipinos know too well: government…
The proposal to rename the General Santos City International Airport to SOCCSKSARGEN International Airport has ignited an unusually intense debate—one that goes beyond semantics and cuts into questions of identity,…
More than a decade has passed since the blood-soaked morning of January 25, 2015, when 44 elite members of the Philippine National Police–Special Action Force (SAF) were killed in the…
The ambush in Barangay Liningding, Munai, Lanao del Norte that killed four soldiers and wounded another is not just another entry in the grim ledger of Mindanao violence. It is…
The 2025 TomTom Traffic Index has spoken: Davao City is now officially the most congested city in the Philippines, ranking 12th out of 482 cities worldwide and 6th in Asia.…