I recently overheard students talking about foreign language classes, a requirement at the Ateneo de Manila University. One ...
Independent Commission for Infrastructure chair Andres Reyes Jr. yesterday asked the Ombudsman to investigate Department of ...
Looking back, it is almost unbelievable how our friendship began—not in a bustling coffee shop, on a work platform, in a ...
On October 25, 2025, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Executive Order No. 100, prescribing a floor price for palay ...
In most parliaments around the world, “disorderly behavior” is a narrow concept. It refers to acts that disturb proceedings—shouting, defying the presiding officer, using offensive language, or ...
Being a nerd has its rewards. When I am in an archive, a library, or a museum with materials from or about the Philippines, I feel like a child in a candy store. Despite the stress and jet lag that ...
According to an online blurb, the term “delicadeza” is a “Filipino word that means having good manners, respect, and a sense of what is right and wrong.” It means being honest, humble, and ...
The takeaway from last week’s brief outbreak of violence in Tipo-Tipo town in Basilan province is how fragile peace remains ...
Last May, the Philippine peso began to part ways with the currencies of our comparable neighbors. Normally, our currency ...
Solo globe-trotting can be addictive. I spent my first 15 years in our coastal town, Palompon, in northern Leyte. As a child, the only means of transportation I experienced were a jeepney ride with my ...
The message of President Ferdinand ’Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. during a media briefing in Kuala Lumpur merits close attention. He said, “We have to remind people that we have now moved from the ...