A message arrives while you are waiting at a red light. The navigation app needs a new destination. Someone calls to ask where you are. These are ordinary moments behind the wheel, and the rules do not depend on whether the message feels urgent to you. Today's reporting on the…
Read storyCredit-card holders face announced changes to limits on installment loans and cash advances. The monthly ceiling on regular finance charges stays at 3%, but two other ceilings are going up. In Metro Manila, seven unfinished flood-pumping stations need more time for construction…
Read storyA dollar-to-peso headline can make a family expect a bigger remittance. But the amount that arrives depends on the rate used by the provider, the fees and how the money is received. Before sending, it helps to put the sender’s total payment and the family’s expected payout…
Read storyCredit-card holders face announced changes to limits on installment loans and cash advances. The monthly ceiling on regular finance charges stays at 3%, but two other ceilings are going up. In Metro Manila, seven unfinished flood-pumping stations need more time for construction…
Read the latest edition →Browse previous editionsA changed flight can upset more than the journey to the airport. Someone may have booked leave, paid for a room or arranged another flight to get home. With selected Manila flights being canceled or rescheduled around the ASEAN summit, passengers have been offered free…
Read storyWith Christmas expenses approaching, a payslip check can help workers understand what they should receive before making plans for the money. The Department of Labor and Employment’s November 10 reminder restates the rules on 13th-month pay, including coverage, computation and…
Read storyA hospital consultation, a police interview or a school lesson depends on being able to understand and be understood. For a Deaf person who uses Filipino Sign Language, that can require an interpreter and information presented in an accessible form. It should not depend entirely…
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MCT READER PULSE · MCT-PULSE-2026-017
Gaano ka nagtitiwala na tama ang ginagawa ng Kongreso sa budget ng bayan?
This is an informal survey of people who choose to participate. It is not a scientific or nationally representative sample.
IS ASIA PREPARING FOR WAR?
I received an email from Ms. Lorna, 65 years old, retired, at taga-Angono, Rizal. Ang tanong niya, naghahanda na ba ang Asia para sa giyera? At kung magkaroon nga ng giyera, ano ang mga warning signs na dapat nating bantayan? Posible bang madamay ang Pilipinas?
Read story ↗There’s a budget insertion in your district, and you don’t know about it?
Someone told me in the comments, “Your guess is as good as mine.”
Read story ↗Does the budget follow need or political power?
A district should not have to elect the president’s son or cousin to get the roads, bridges and flood protection it needs. People pay taxes regardless of whom their congressman knows.
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