With so many crises confronting it, the Marcos administration should be burning the midnight oil these days. Malacañang’s lights need to be on well into the night for crisis talks, because that’s ...

In college, my Constitution and Politics 101 professor asked our class of 25 engineering students to write a piece on the significance of government and why. I entered a trance state, wore my minor ...

Berlin—One of the rewards of traveling abroad is that it equips us with a rearview mirror to look at our country in comparison with what we see and experience in advanced societies. Previously, ...

The daybreak attacks by the combined forces of the United States and Israel on Iran, and the latter’s retaliation, which also targeted its oil-rich neighbors, have resumed tit-for-tat strikes that ...

The death of one is a tragedy; the death of millions a statistic, or so goes a quote often misattributed to Joseph Stalin.

I adored Davao during my first visit—the fruits, the cleanliness, the people. But the trip quickly turned sinister when the taxi driver asked me if I had heard the “good news” delivered by ...

We were taught public speaking in high school: writing and giving speeches in first year, extemporaneous speaking in second year, and then debate in our last two years. In third year, our debate ...

Just when the Philippine economy was starting to gain some growth momentum after being laid low by the flood control corruption scandal in the second half of last year, it is facing another potential ...

Lately, I’ve pictured the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in my mind as the mythical Atlas forced to carry the world. In his recent public statements, including in his speech at last month’s ...

The long runway to 2028 has begun. Pollsters test names. Commentators track “viability.” Political tacticians treat ...

March 16, 1521, is a date that opens Yoyoy Villame’s folksy “Magellan” song. It is the only fact, the only thing worth remembering in his amusing retelling of Magellan’s short visit to the ...

There is a chilling phrase echoing through the halls of the International Criminal Court (ICC) these days: “I was just following orders.” To a young police officer or a career general, it sounds ...