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The Freeman, 25 Sep 2026

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Article‘Very strong’ El Niño

While the coun­try is cur­rently exper­i­en­cing a strong El Niño, the phe­nomenon is expec­ted to intensify into a “very strong” one before the end of 2026 and per­sist through the first half of 2027, accord­ing to the Phil­ip­pine Atmo­spheric,...

‘Very strong’ El Niño

ArticleThe cost of click­bait journ­al­ism

When a mis­lead­ing story or photo goes viral, who pays the price? The pub­lic does. So does the truth. Even­tu­ally, even the cred­ib­il­ity of journ­al­ism and the press free­dom it depends on can bear the cost. This was one of the key mes­sages...

The cost of click­bait journ­al­ism

ArticleLapu-Lapu City coun­cil demands ‘clearer’ action from power offi­cials

The Lapu-Lapu City Coun­cil is seek­ing clearer explan­a­tions and con­crete action from power author­it­ies as recur­ring brown­outs and higher elec­tri­city costs con­tinue to affect con­sumers in the city. The coun­cil raised the con­cerns dur­ing...

Lapu-Lapu City coun­cil demands ‘clearer’ action from power offi­cials

ArticleDid you know that ...

The first arti­fi­cial Christ­mas trees were cre­ated in Ger­many dur­ing the 1880s using dyed green goose feath­ers on wire branches to com­bat defor­est­a­tion.

Did you know that ...

ArticleThe cost of click­bait journ­al­ism

Human rights law­yer, Uni­versity of the Phil­ip­pines Cebu (UP-Cebu) senior lec­turer, and The Free­man colum­nist Atty. Ian Vin­cent Mantica­jon said engage­ment should never come before veri­fic­a­tion, par­tic­u­larly at a time when social media...

The cost of click­bait journ­al­ism

Article‘Very strong’ El Niño

By the end of Decem­ber, dry con­di­tions may develop, fol­lowed by a pos­sible dry spell in Janu­ary and Feb­ru­ary 2027. By March, Cebu could exper­i­ence drought con­di­tions, depend­ing on the devel­op­ment and intens­ity of the El Niño event. The...

‘Very strong’ El Niño