Two barangay-based projects have recently demonstrated that the government can address flood-control issues affecting the ...

Protest movements worldwide tend to come in waves. Much of this results from the emulation of activism seen elsewhere, a tendency heightened by global media and the ubiquity of online platforms. Yet, ...

In a political moment crowded with speculation and accusation, the Supreme Court has delivered a much-needed reminder: public officials cannot be punished for obeying a law Congress required ...

The streetlights draw sharp lines across my glasses, blurring my sight and clouding my vision. For a while I couldn’t ...

Secretary Maria Cristina Aldeguer-Roque that a family of four can prepare a noche buena meal for only P500 was immediately ...

Senate photo It seemed like an open-and-shut case: Sen. Francis himself admitted to receiving in 2022 a P30-million campaign ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...