Were they smart and cunning enough to game the system, or were they clueless patsies thrown to the wolves as fall guys? Virtual unknowns until Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson linked them ...

The recent multibillion-peso corruption scandal involving flood control projects is taking its toll on the Philippine economy. In the third quarter of 2025, the country’s gross domestic product ...

I spent 40 hours hopping between four airports to reach the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil. Before I even stepped into the negotiations, the journey alone ...

This weekend, the nation will remember Andres Bonifacio again on Nov. 30, then forget him until Nov. 30 next year. In 1995, I attended a commemoration at Liwasang Bonifacio led by then Mayor Alfredo ...

Republic Act No. 9851, the Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity, does not require implementing rules and regulations (IRR), ...

One becomes a full-fledged grown-up only after a parent dies. This happens no matter how old we already are when one of our parents passes on to the afterlife. Gone are the unrestrained counsel ...

The arrest of nine of the 16 accused of graft and malversation in the P289.5-million road dike project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, awarded to now-resigned Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co’s Sunwest Corp.

We tackled family therapy in psychotherapy class this week. As with most things in class, we realized how this doesn’t just ...

As the year draws to a close, I normally present my fearless forecast for the coming year. Yet tectonic shifts in the global geopolitical balance of power compel me to frame this year’s outlook not ...

Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2: 10-11 (NKJV). The ...