B excess funds to PhilHealth.” (News, 12/5/25) While the recent news is very much welcome, it set off a domino effect of ...

On her second day of working in Hong Kong as a domestic worker, 28-year-old Rhodora Alcaraz found herself in an emergency.

I commend LTO Asec. Markus Lacanilao for his swift action in firing two employees and a security guard caught red-handed in an extortion scheme. This is the decisive leadership we need to see more ...

We are all familiar with the saying, “when it rains, it pours,” and that’s what literally and figuratively happened at the start of this year’s rainy season. Following the aftereffects of ...

From the ravages of the flood control scams emerged certain surnames, names not too difficult to identify, given their long histories of influence and power. Some 38 years after the 1987 Constitution ...

The holiday season in the Philippines is synonymous with long celebrations and abundant feasts shared with family, friends, and colleagues. It is also the time when alcohol becomes especially visible ...

The streetlights draw sharp lines across my glasses, blurring my sight and clouding my vision. For a while I couldn’t ...

In a political moment crowded with speculation and accusation, the Supreme Court has delivered a much-needed reminder: public officials cannot be punished for obeying a law Congress required ...

Two barangay-based projects have recently demonstrated that the government can address flood-control issues affecting the community without incurring billions in bloated contracts that are lost to ...

Protest movements worldwide tend to come in waves. Much of this results from the emulation of activism seen elsewhere, a tendency heightened by global media and the ubiquity of online platforms. Yet, ...

Secretary Maria Cristina Aldeguer-Roque that a family of four can prepare a noche buena meal for only P500 was immediately ...

Six big business and civil society groups—the Makati Business Club, Management Association of the Philippines, Financial ...