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 ...

The unfolding missile exchanges between Iran, Israel and America is not a distant spectacle to be watched from the sidelines. US President Trump assures that the Iran conflict will only last for four ...

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 dark skies looming in the heartland of the Bangsamoro autonomous region are not based on thin air. The current air in the region is thickened with doubts and high levels of ...

Recovering from a stroke, I have to acknowledge that many people who texted, emailed, and attempted to visit were all mostly ...

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

LONDON—"An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted,” the great playwright Arthur Miller wrote in his essay "The Year It Came Apart." It’s not yet World War ...

Are you happy with what you do? That question, if and when asked during the early years of training, would probably have ...

President Marcos designated last week Undersecretary Juan Miguel Cuna as acting secretary of the Department of Environment ...

The 2025 to 2026 academic year ends this March for all Philippine schools, and many, if not most, graduates of our public schools will be experiencing what may be once in a blue moon, a high-water ...

There are stories you inherit unwillingly—stories that twist and churn long after they are told. One of mine surfaced when my mother, hands trembling, finally shared a memory she had carried ...