IMG_0510. In Metro Manila, movement is governed by delay. Last week, amid the December rush, I crossed the city by motorcycle ...
One of the things that never fails to lift anyone’s spirits is taking unexpected breaks from the usual routine and touching ...
In 2006, I had been living in Mexico as part of a yearlong youth missionary program. The original plan was to stay at the ...
The Senate approved last week a bill putting the national budget process on a digital platform in an effort to promote ...
The story is told about a little boy who looked worried when he came home from school. When asked by his dad why, he said: ...
Families in Bairan in Naga City, Cebu put up electric-powered decorations like parols — star-shaped Christmas lanterns — for ...
Last Monday, I argued that without enforcement, accountability weakens and impunity thrives (see “How to contain dynasties,” 12/15/25). Dynasties endure not because corruption is hidden, but ...
I write in response to Mr. Jake Maderazo’s column (see “Bogus ‘plunder’ narrative against Recto,” 12/4/25), which asserts that concerns over the P60-billion Philippine Health Insurance Corp.
A few years ago, when the threat from COVID-19 had begun to recede, more and more elderly people reported being victimized by ...
Will it be the 20th Congress that will finally succeed in passing an anti-political dynasty bill that previous Congresses ...
The sudden, violent death of former DPWH Undersecretary Catalina “Cathy” Cabral is a tragedy that should prompt solemn ...