Tourism thrives on image, and regrettably, the image of the Philippines now projected abroad is not of white sand beaches and ...

Among the first things I called to then President Fidel V. Ramos’ attention after he made me head the National Economic and ...

The water wasn’t just from the rain. It came from the clogged consciences, the overflowing greed, and the broken promises of ...

President Marcos’ impassioned plea, “Mahiya naman kayo,” during his fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona), resonated deeply with a nation weary of incessant flooding that plagues our ...

We live in strange times indeed. I have witnessed bizarre events across the world, but nothing quite beats the tragicomedy of Philippine politics. After my legal team detected major anomalies in the ...

Shortly after he died last Aug. 21, aged 88, tributes in American papers began to appear for “the world’s nicest judge.” The judge was Frank Caprio, who, as a municipal judge handling fairly ...

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. warned last week that the rice tariffication law (RTL), considered by many as ...

I was in the employees’ clinic to seek medical clearance after an encounter with a respiratory infection, which took quite ...

The past week has been dominated by an urgent debate on how journalism can still effectively draw a clear line between ...

In 2023, the House of Representatives passed House Bill No. 8969, which seeks to mandate the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) for all senior high school students. Proponents call it a move ...

Many Filipinos, the majority of them poor and desperate, have fallen victim to human trafficking schemes for decades. From ...