President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s 2025 State of the Nation Address, polished and applauded, was a triumph of performance over prognosis. But beneath its choreography lies a critical truth: the ...

We can only blame ourselves for the floods and piles of trash that are currently flooding Metro Manila and the areas around it. The Metro Manila area sits in a river delta, where precipitation from ...

Our country being the second largest archipelagic nation in the world with its 7,641 islands (next to Indonesia’s 17,508), ...

It doesn’t take a coup to break a Constitution. Sometimes, it just wears down—slowly, silently—until one day the gears no ...

There is a reason why ancient philosophers were profoundly skeptical about democracy. In “The Republic,” Plato described democracy as “a charming form of government, full of variety and ...

Despite the clarification from the Department of Finance (DOF), the Capital Market Efficiency and Protection Act (CMEPA) has ...

Every year, it’s the same script. Rain pours. Streets flood. Social media floods, too—photos of submerged homes, drenched schoolchildren wading through murky waters, and barangay roads that ...

With three years behind him and three more to go, President Marcos is at the critical midpoint of his presidency. Thanks to ...

In the late 1980s, two American researchers conducted what would become one of the most cited experiments in education. A ...

Working students belong to a different breed of animal. They waste no time. They study even if they are already tired from work. They use holidays to catch up with their deliverables and readings.

In recent days, there has been a stir among the pharmaceutical and health-care sectors over the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) announcement regarding the sale of over-the-counter (OTC) ...

There is always a time for everything, including when to make jokes. But in the middle of a storm is not one of those times.