Sen. Francis himself admitted to receiving in 2022 a P30-million campaign donation from Lawrence Lubiano, president of ...

Nineteen days to Christmas Eve, “noche buena.” I must find the energy to battle traffic and crowds for some last-minute Christmas shopping. I envy the organized who, like Santa in the Christmas ...

The title sounds absurd, paradoxical, and painfully true. My good friend, Yoyong and I, once laughed about this line during his medical board review—technically, I was his review center. He pointed ...

I am momentarily turning my gaze from the exchanges among political know-it-alls to something so every day, so basic, we do not notice it is there to someday haunt us if we do not take a look and act ...

Beijing–As the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) convened in Belém, in the heart of the Amazon, the world’s focus is narrowly set on carbon emissions and net zero pledges.

Dr. Karol Yee, executive director of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (Edcom 2) recently wrote that our nutrition programs are “too little, too late.” I agree. Stunting isn’t ...

The Commission on Audit (COA) stands as a constitutional defense against the misuse of public funds, tasked with the monumental duty of examining the financial operations of the entire Philippine ...

If the government truly wants a more stable, productive, and self-reliant nation, it must prioritize spending on education and research. In the latest Global Innovation Index, the Philippines still ...

Six big business and civil society groups—the Makati Business Club, Management Association of the Philippines, Financial ...

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) seems to be making a holiday tradition out of infuriating us with their “noche ...

The hunt for the mastermind behind the flood control corruption scandal has taken on a particular significance. Retired ...

In Philippine society, the strength of women is not learned. It is inherited. Long before colonization, our culture viewed women and men as equals. Babaylans, datus, queens, princesses, mothers, and ...