Maria Catalina Cabral, the controversial public works undersecretary, is dead, and at the rate things are going, all her ...

It seems that the dreams with which Jose Rizal died exactly 129 years ago at his execution by the Spanish colonizers are the ...

Many people are now formulating their New Year’s resolutions. But one year is not enough of a runway to make significant ...

If there were three monumental works that could perhaps best explain the fate of civilizations and the future of democracy, the following come to mind immediately: “Lineages of the Absolutist ...

Just a few days ago, before writing this, I received news about the approval by the committee on rules and local government of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) of Bangsamoro Autonomous Bill ...

The year 2025 exposed a rot that many Filipinos have long suspected but hoped had at last met its match. The flood-control scandal — the alleged looting of billions meant to protect communities ...

At a time when public funds are reportedly being siphoned or mismanaged, we must revisit the enduring wisdom of our national hero’s writings to guide our present actions and inspire a renewed sense ...

One of the first decisive acts of Frederick Go as the new secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF) was to order the ...

Capping 2025 and welcoming 2026, I ask my readers to bear with my being starstruck in the last two columns. I started a star trek of sorts this year, writing as a scientist, hoping to encourage ...

In principle, the senior high school voucher program (SHS-VP) is a good initiative. It recognizes the persistent problem of ...

I am sure that almost everyone of us grew up observing some form of tradition. Analyzing its meaning was not something that I ...

The year 2025 was confronted by an avalanche of news—some historic, many scandalous; some factual, others plainly fake. Including this piece, I have written 52 columns this year, each one a mental ...