Sen. Rodante Marcoleta may insist that the context was “deliberately abbreviated,” but there’s no denying that his words ...

The entire world is in so much turmoil on so many fronts. There is heightened chaos in politics, economics, and international relations. There is a disturbing disorder in humanity’s concept of right ...

The recent Senate brouhaha over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) shows all too clearly that the problem is not whether the 2016 Arbitral Award (AA) under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the ...

Last Dec. 18, 2025, the Professional Regulation Commission announced that 65.04 percent, or 79,696 out of 122,528 examinees, ...

We owe the Second Congressional Commission on Education (Edcom 2) our thanks for its third and final report and, more broadly, for the work it has done in the last four years. During a distressing ...

The arrest and prolonged detention of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who spent her birthday on Feb. 7 in a Tacloban jail, sparked outrage among press freedom advocates worldwide. Rightly so.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, scammers are actively on the prowl, targeting those yearning for some friendship, love, and romance only to pounce and steal the unsuspecting victims’ ...

There was a time when love was simple. It was walking beside my dad and instinctively holding his arm, like nothing bad could happen as long as I stayed close enough. It was lying in bed as a child ...

For years now, China has been violating international law by continuing to encroach on the Wes Sea (WPS). This despite a 2016 arbitral ruling that clearly established its so-called ...

Growing up, I was taught that Jose Rizal was irresistible to women. In time, I learned the names of Segunda Katigbak, Leonor Rivera, O-sei (or Usui Seiko), and Josephine Bracken. I believed Rizal to ...