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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Whatever is left of our political creativity is being expressed—and wasted—in the party list. It is expressed in two forms: in the invasion of the party list by political families who are ...

The last Christmas holiday was awash in political ads. The Commission on Elections and the candidates can make all the excuses and employ all the spin doctors they want, but the ads were all ...

The midterm elections on May 12 holds significant political importance as it can be viewed as a barometer of public sentiment on the current administration’s performance. Just as significant is the ...

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