I received a lot of birthday greetings yesterday (my birthday is two months away, in August) because it was Jose Rizal’s 164th birthday. Fortunately, nobody sends me similar greetings on Rizal Day, ...

President Marcos will deliver his fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona), signifying the middle of his term. Despite being halfway into the presidency, pressing issues concerning rising ...

Dhaka—On April 20, 2025, rickshaw drivers took to the streets to protest the decision to ban their vehicles on Dhaka’s Gulshan and Banani areas. Clashes broke out between drivers of battery-run ...

As the climate crisis intensifies and with the Philippines among the countries highly vulnerable to its impact, local government units (LGU) are at the frontline of building climate-resilient ...

There they go again, attempting a last-minute legislative sleight of hand that would dribble to a later date a crucial electoral exercise, despite the Supreme Court having definitively disallowed such ...

School resumed, and so did its problems. The classroom shortage seems to be getting worse, with a current gap of 165,000 ...

Four reasons were raised by former president Rodrigo Duterte in his request for interim release while his case is being heard by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Through his counsel, Duterte ...

The manner in which the Senate is handling the impeachment trial will lead to a constitutional crisis and reputational risk for the country. There are at least three clear and fundamentally wrong ...

In the Philippines, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, it is the young people who bear the brunt of environmental decline. Plastic-ridden rivers, denuded forests, intensified ...

One of my favorite paintings in the National Museum is going abroad. Juan Luna’s “La Bulaqueña” is off to the Louvre Abu ...