Jakarta—As 2025 begins, Southeast Asia finds itself at a pivotal moment. The region’s trajectory reflects a delicate balance between entrenched challenges and enduring aspirations for democracy, ...

No matter how you look at it, Vice President Sara Duterte has a bleak political future as she faces and hurdles at least four impeachment complaints lodged against her at the House of ...

I almost didn’t want to write an article this week. The Christmas season, as marked by the traditional calendar, ended with the Epiphany—what we used to call the Feast of the Three Kings. Over ...

The 2025 national budget is laden with huge chunks of pork barrel, no doubt about it. The veto made by President Marcos is meaningless because it does not plug the humongous loopholes that allow ...

Compared to the state-run Government Service Insurance System or GSIS, which provides qualified members up to 80 percent of their average monthly salary in monthly pension, its private sector ...

I was only 13 when Jimmy Carter became the 39th United States President. Since both my parents were avid newspaper readers, I heard them talk about him as someone who was expected to change things at ...

Many people, especially women I have talked to, have never gone to India for various reasons. They do not know anybody in the subcontinent and are insecure about where to start. For many, the thought ...

With the 2025 midterm elections fast approaching, potential candidates are already coming up with different ways to get the attention of voters, as they hope to be among those chosen for public ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expended considerable political capital after he ignored calls to scrap the controversial ...

Every morning, as I squeeze into a packed jeepney, I always pass by the same small city chapel that has become a silent ...