CEBU CITY—Irish Piscos from Consolacion town could barely recall how she and her family survived Typhoon “Tino.” Their house was submerged in floodwaters on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 4, in Consolacion town in Cebu province, forcing them to climb onto the roof and plead for help. She said she still cries whenever she remembers...
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Sara’s impeachment trial, Baste’s boxing bout, and the (worsening) floods of our lives
Vice President Sara Duterte and her younger brother, Acting Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte of Davao City, have managed to evade confrontations of their making. The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the verified impeachment complaint transmitted by the House of Representatives to the Senate in February is unconstitutional, providing the Vice President a reprieve from...
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Merrymaking gone south, or a portent of things to come
Almost a month into 2023 and the rain still won’t stop in certain parts of the country, as though portending a bad time ahead despite the lunar new year’s promise of “a year of recovery.” The “shear line,” or the point where the cold northeast monsoon meets the warm easterlies from the Pacific—a relatively new...