September, 2025

• 1 September

  Mayor Moreno tells media practitioners: Remain truthful

  

  Manila Mayor Isko Moreno joined officials and members of the Association of Philippine Journalists – Samahang Plaridel Foundation (Samahang Plaridel) in celebrating the 175th birth anniversary of Filipino propagandist Marcelo H. del Pilar (a.k.a. Plaridel) at Plaridel’s monument in Malate, Manila. Mayor Moreno challenged the current crop of media practitioners to remain truthful amidst self-proclaimed journalists using social media platforms. …

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• 1 September

  No more fall guys

  

  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s recent order to conduct lifestyle checks on government officials, starting with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), is a move both necessary and long overdue. Sparked by an expanding investigation into alleged anomalies in flood control projects, this initiative has the potential to pierce through layers of deeply entrenched corruption. But only if it …

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• 1 September

  The trend in onion importations

  

  BEYOND ELLIPTICALBy Rose Marie de la Cruz The first step is to project an expected shortfall in onions, then the following day an announcement of the onions (red and yellow) to be imported come November.  This has been the pattern each year of the Department of Agriculture, which raises the question– why can’t we even produce enough so we don’t …

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• 1 September

  DA’s command center to be up by November

  

  A command center that would manage the country’s food supply chain– ereging all commodities data from different agencies–  would soon be up and operating in November, as promised by Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. As envisioned, the command center will consolidate critical data, including production, imports, stock levels, different types of the same products, movements, wholesale and retail prices, …

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• 1 September

  60-day import ban to pressure rice prices

  

  The  declaration by the President of a rice import ban, beginning September 1, would put heavy pressure on rice prices even with the increased local rice output. The US Department of Agriculture said the Philippines imported over 750,000 metric tons from mid-September to mid November in the last two years and that import demand during the import ban is pegged …

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• 1 September

  Cutting NFA’s warehousing cost

  

  Aware of the huge cost in storing imported rice and buying new harvests of the local farmers, the Department of Agriculture has devised a scheme to compel accredited rice traders to hold part of the national rice reserves in their storage facilities as well as save part of their rice imports for government’s rice sufficiency program. It envisions a 50-50 …

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• 1 September

  A true statesman

  

  PASSERBYBy Nestor Cuartero People say the ancient art of statesmanship has been lost on our senators and congressmen. Remember how in the past, we used to refer to their places of work as the “hallowed halls” or the “august halls” of Congress? Yet, kudos to Senator Vicente ‘Tito’ Sotto for taking the high road, standing up against all odds, in …

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• 1 September

  BBM condemns Negros Oriental contractor slay

  

  President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has condemned the killing of engineer and contractor Angelito Mendoza, 58, who was shot by unidentified assailants while on his way to a quarry site in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Wednesday. “It is only right to investigate that so we can find out the root cause. And we condemn these acts of violence, as …

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• 1 September

  Kathryn Bernardo pays Mark Alcala a visit at Lucena City Hall, peeps ask, where’s the beef?

  

  By Boy Villasanta Lucena city, quezon—The City Hall stands proudly in the middle of a  sprawling ground at the same time conveys wonders, questions and mysteries, primarily about the personal innuendos of its highest occupant. Until now, the talks persist that Kathryn Bernardo and Mayor Mark Alcala are dancing to sweet music together but no one is admitting or denying, …

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• 1 September

  Revolutionizing movie reporting

  

  Revolutionizing Philippine entertainment news wasn’t and still isn’t bucking the system. It wasn’t and still is, enhancing it. “Wasn’t” because it was our common goal when we started “Star News,” a segment of the primetime news show of ABS-CBN in 1987. “Isn’t” because it is, however, a personal pursuit. All of these are ideals to this day, to this moment. …

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