A visit here and a relief mission there does not give justice to the Mindanao vote — if all of that is a mere tactic bent on widening the political divide

'My brothers are all handsome, popular, and confident. I am the opposite. My parents always ask why I cannot be more like my brothers.'

Why would China go to the extent of sanctioning Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro?

'The reason I don’t have a possible wife yet is my penis. It is too large, and sex can be painful.'

A 65-year-old wife is frustrated with her 77-year-old husband's health problems creeping up at the start of a planned house renovation

The arrest comes nearly two years since two boys who had worked with him filed separate complaints with the justice department for alleged acts of lasciviousness, sexual harassment, and trafficking in persons

'As senators destabilize each other, we mortals have to live with skyrocketing electric bills'

'They thrive because you don’t know any better and because the social media platforms where you live want to keep you that way'

'Now the thought of lying next to him in bed feels so gross, but I have to, because if not, he will discover that I violated his privacy,' the letter sender says

An insider source discloses subcontracting operations and how DPWH inspectors just choose to look away. The DPWH and an implicated subcontractor issue denials that are, however, substantiated by documents.

When a letter's sender's friend needs help with addiction, but feels the cause of that addiction is the family dynamic, how can healing proceed?

'A hidden casualty in today’s global crisis is our collective anger in the aftermath of last year’s flood control corruption scandal'

Rappler’s series on the Lopez family, written by veteran business journalist Lala Rimando, demystifies the conglomerate that has been a household name for more than half a century — from when ABS-CBN was first introduced on TV

Rappler’s series on the Lopez family, written by veteran business journalist Lala Rimando, demystifies the conglomerate that has been a household name for more than half a century — from when ABS-CBN was first introduced on TV

'Experts have warned that any deal that would allow sharing energy resources could be seen as giving away territory or sovereignty'

'Iran is one formidable foe ranged against a fickle president'

'The war’s ripple effect on the Philippines cannot be underestimated'

China is single-minded in its agenda here, its tactics geared toward asserting what it claims to be its rights — and toward reverting to a place of honor that it used to hold under Rodrigo Duterte.

A mother wants her daughter to respect and forgive her father, even if she hates her father for cheating

Young, impressionable, and financially insecure Filipinos are recruited by Chinese nationals to access Manila’s security and defense plans

Can the 20th Congress pass measures that would update the country's 'archaic' anti-espionage laws?

Chinese nationals recruit Filipinos working in the government’s defense and security sectors. Their consultancies involve passing on sensitive information.

Filipinos know very well how bluster can turn into policy, how bombast can maim and kill

Forty years after the EDSA People Power Revolution, we find ourselves where we ought not to be

'If Duterte has his Davao Boys with blood on their hands, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. also has his own Ilocano cronies who were showered with fat government contracts'

It’s not going to be easy, given how messy things have been in the Philippine Congress

'When I told my friends about how bad I felt about not talking to the girl before I did the deed, they laughed at me,' the letter sender writes