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Lost school days

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - December 4, 2024 - 12:00am

Every year on average, 53 school days are lost due to weather disturbances, according to Education Secretary Sonny Angara. In the typhoon-hit Cordilleras alone, he said 35 days have already been lost so far this...

Zarzuela?

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - December 2, 2024 - 12:00am

One scenario in the ongoing political storm is that a game of good cop, bad cop is afoot, with the bad one being… never mind.

Sleepy driving

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 29, 2024 - 12:00am

Instead of writing about the intensifying political brawl among the folks who used to be as thick as thieves, I decided to write an article on another problem that has long bedeviled our nation.

Mutual annihilation

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 27, 2024 - 12:00am

If the Dutertes want to become the new opposition, they would have to stop flailing away at their enemies and learn precision assault.

Mass transport

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 25, 2024 - 12:00am

Since Nov. 16, employees of The STAR living in northern Metro Manila have enjoyed easier travel to the office.

Continuing scams

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 22, 2024 - 12:00am

By mid-December, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas expects to wrap up its probe into a recent spate of unauthorized deductions from GCash accounts.

Phl gov’t probes Rody

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 20, 2024 - 12:00am

Maybe it’s just my imagination, but there seems to be something akin to panic and dismay in some quarters over the news that the Philippine government has finally launched an investigation of Rodrigo Duterte...

In harm’s way

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 18, 2024 - 12:00am

When Super Typhoon Yolanda slammed the Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013, it first made landfall in the municipality of Guiuan in Eastern Samar.

‘Come and get me’

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 15, 2024 - 12:00am

Rodrigo Duterte entered the lion’s den last Wednesday, ready for a mauling.

Following orders

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 13, 2024 - 12:00am

This is the cost of following orders, whether blindly or knowingly, in the Philippine National Police: 214 cops faced 352 criminal charges, with 20 still in detention, for carrying out the war on drugs during the...

Penalizing undue delay

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 11, 2024 - 12:00am

People frustrated with their cases crawling along in the courts should consider filing a complaint before the Judicial Integrity Board.

‘Look what happened’

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 8, 2024 - 12:00am

‘In the US, says Filipino-American Democrat Gabriel Young, a person with a criminal conviction can’t be hired at McDonald’s, in line with corporate policy.

Cliffhanger

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 6, 2024 - 12:00am

Given the choices we have been making in Philippine elections, we’re in no position to criticize Americans or roll up our eyes in case they restore Donald Trump to the White House.

What next?

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 4, 2024 - 12:00am

A few more hearings, and the two chambers of Congress will wrap up their respective probes on the killings in connection with the war on drugs waged by Rodrigo Duterte.

Hell can wait

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 1, 2024 - 12:00am

On Halloween, my thoughts were on killing.

Rody holds court

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 30, 2024 - 12:00am

The stories emerging from the congressional probes on the drug war are more terrifying than Halloween ghost stories.

Mad, mad world

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 28, 2024 - 12:00am

It’s amusing to see the camps of the ex-besties daring each other to have their heads examined, and to undergo follicle drug testing.

Whither weather?

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 25, 2024 - 12:00am

How about simplifying the rainfall / flood warning system to numerical alerts, like the storm signals?

Kill culture

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 23, 2024 - 12:00am

All the horrific stories coming out of the congressional investigations point to two basic and intractable problems in our country: disregard for human life, and corruption.

‘Drag me to hell’

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 21, 2024 - 12:00am

That was a riveting press conference by the bratinella last Friday. Some takeaways:

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