There are talks of acquiring a submarine for the Philippine Navy

I ask, in all good conscience, where is justice when the jester is thrown out of the court while a Martin Romualdez continues to prowl the premises?

Under the financial bail system in the Philippines, freedom can be purchased. Justice becomes dependent not on risk but on the contents of one's wallet.

Across this archipelago, we are witnessing a massacre of trees. And where trees fall, people bleed.

Should the nation be that grateful to a corporation when they volunteer to stop causing environmental harm, when the harm should not even have been allowed to happen in the first place?

This is the danger of Cayetano’s mythmaking. It makes people believe extrajudicial killings can be morally acceptable. It makes him appear righteous while hiding behind religion and patriotism.

This comes to mind the tumultuous tenure of Alan Peter Cayetano as speaker of the House under the Duterte regime: a fractured chamber with a cantankerous head of household

The Filipino presence in Japan is changing. We are no longer defined solely by labor migration. Increasingly, Filipinos are exporting ideas, brands, capital, and business models into Japan itself.

Secretary Teodoro Herbosa has been elected president of the World Health Assembly. His international exposure should translate to health reforms back home.

May comedy, action, conflict, iyakan, at suspense nitong nakaraang mga araw. Tuluyan nang umalagwá ang anumáng pagiging kagálang-gálang ng Kongreso.

This society is nearing collapse because there is so much religiosity, but not enough justice and righteousness

We dissect here how a body financed by millions in taxpayer money risks losing not merely public trust, but its very moral authority — and why many Filipinos are beginning to ask a question once considered unthinkable

Mahirap maging snowflake lalo kung senador ka. Hindi maiiwasang makipagtaltalan sa plenaryo at committe hearings, lalo kung ang pinag-uusapan ay welfare ng bansa at hindi welfare ng damdamin ni Robin.

The spectacle at the Senate deepened an already dangerous perception: that institutions are becoming arenas for elite survival rather than instruments of public policy and accountability

The longer the Court refuses to speak with clarity, the more it creates the impression that it is waiting not for legal illumination, but for political weather conditions to stabilize

A surge in Democratic and independent turnout could spell disaster for the GOP in November

'Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque. Former police chief Ronald dela Rosa. One by one, the men who enabled Duterte’s bloody drug war are falling. The political fraternity that the Duterte regime was built on is collapsing and the brotherhood is trembling in panic.'

After all these years, Cayetano's invocation of God and the holy word carries as much sincerity as a monobloc chair

Investors, entrepreneurs, and ordinary households need to believe that the powerful will be subject to the same rules as the rest of us

Citizens lose faith when laws protect only the powerful. Institutions that shelter criminals from justice forfeit their legitimacy. The Philippines deserves better from its leaders and its Senate.

The longer-term effects of reducing historical engagement emerge gradually in how people engage with public life, interpret information, evaluate leadership, and respond to social challenges that require more than technical solutions.

Makailang ulit nang sinabi ni Vice President Sara Duterte na doon lang siya magbibigay ng panig niya sa Senado na uupong impeachment court. Mga dear kongresista, pagbigyan natin ang hiling niya.

Bakit ba kasi ang mistipikadong gamot sa lahat ng sakit ng edukasyon sa bansang ito ay baguhin lagi ang kurikulum? Bakit hindi dagdag na budget para sa gamit at impraestraktura? Bakit hindi dagdag na suweldo at pagpapagaan sa trabaho ng mga guro? Bakit hindi pagtutok sa mga batayang suliranin muna?

Rodrigo Duterte. Harry Roque. Franco Mabanta. People in power often speak as though they will never be held accountable for their words or actions. But, sooner or later, they confront the consequences of the kind of world they helped shape.

A survey lead is not an armor. The worst place to be in the face of incessant attacks is in the middle.

Marikina is often called the bike friendly city in the Philippines, a place where cycling has long been part of

Veloso's is not simply a story of survival; it is a story of a life where only something short of miracles can shape desperation. It is also a story that mirrors the lives of many overseas Filipino workers.

So, what’s with the box?

Corruption in the Philippines is sustained by a public that applies accountability selectively. This inconsistency allows corrupt practices to persist, shielded by the very citizens who should be demanding reform.

While an independent investigation of the armed forces seems warranted here, the CPP-NPA also faces a profound ethical and political accountability regarding its recruitment and the deployment of the youth