[Vantage Point] Drowning in concrete: Why our flood control fails
(1st UPDATE) Follow the money, but follow the water too
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[Vantage Point] How the Philippines lost its salt
How does an archipelago endowed with more than 36,000 kilometers of pristine coastline end up purchasing from abroad seawater’s most elemental gift?
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Cavite in focus: How weak is the latest anti-political dynasty bill?
Meanwhile, a separate proposed amendment to the party list law seeks to prevent politicians like Agimat’s Bryan Revilla from taking a backdoor to Congress. He belongs to Cavite’s biggest dynasty.
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Bong Revilla’s sister bags almost P5-billion DPWH contracts in family’s Cavite bailiwick
Graia Construction Corporation, which lists Rebecca Bautista-Ocampo (a.k.a. Princess Revilla) as president and CEO, was awarded 67 projects by the DPWH from 2016-2025. During this period, her two brothers and a nephew served as lawmakers at various points.
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[Inside the Newsroom] Exposing the Revilla flood control contracts — the easy part
You know what’s the hard part? Read along.
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[Good Business] What Doris Magsaysay Ho’s recognition says about Filipino leadership
The choice of Magsaysay Ho as recipient of the 2026 Ramon V. del Rosario Nation Building Award carries a particular meaning for women in business
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‘Cookie-cutter’ no more? SM Nuvali to open November 27 with 1-hectare indoor garden
With cooling technology inspired by Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay, SM’s 91st mall is a break from what SM Supermalls president Steven Tan himself once bemoaned as the group’s ‘cookie-cutter’ malls
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[Vantage Point] The Villar Land scandal now has a gatekeeper problem
The Villar Land affair began as a valuation scandal. It became a disclosure and market-integrity scandal. It now has a potentially more material issue.
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[Vantage Point] Villar Land: Follow the P1.3-trillion paper trail
The documents I have in possession establish the acquisition, revaluation, and recognition of enormous accounting gains. They also establish that Villar Land subsequently carried an extraordinary stock-market valuation.
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MAP: Where Filipino families earn the most and least
Rappler’s data visualizations map the cities and provinces where Filipino families earn the most, revealing a persistent Luzon-Mindanao divide, based on the PSA’s latest Family Income and Expenditure Survey
