Cathy Yamsuan

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Does Caloocan City’s ban on short shorts reflect good governance?

A slow news day has forced Caloocan Mayor Oscar Malapitan to ask councilors to review…

Prepare for more doomsday scenarios unless we find long-term solutions to the water crisis

No matter how Malacañang tries, no amount of saber-rattling or blame-tossing in the hopes of…

Water crisis: government, private concessionaires and consumers all bear responsibility

Manila Water, the privately-owned water and wastewater service provider for Metro Manila’s West Zone, has…

The Manila City Library is proof that public spaces aren’t gov’t priority

As one of the primary public spaces in the country’s capital, one expects the Manila…

Parks, plazas and other public spaces are vanishing right before our eyes

Perhaps the greatest argument for the protection of the public spaces still intact in the…

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Clinical psychologist says lowering age of criminal liability “an act of cruelty”

A prominent Filipino clinical psychologist called the plan of lawmakers to lower the age of…

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Whose “great” idea was it to hold nine-year-olds criminally liable?

Observers were quick to point out the irony. A committee of the House of Representatives…

Friends and peers recall the happy and humble “bagets” that was Cesar Gaupo

Top model Tweetie de Leon-Gonzales was packing for an out-of-town trip last week when she…

Discretion with our personal data is our strongest defense post-DFA passport debacle

So, was our data stolen or not? Foreign Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin, Jr. dropped…

How a sexual harassment case has split NEDA

Officials and the rank-and-file at the National Economic Development Authority, a government agency tasked to…