It was heartening to hear participants asking their questions, sending selfies and insights to the Rappler app, and thanking us for holding this forum

People who know nothing of my city and have probably never been here are using what’s happening to their own advantage, writes Amanda Ferguson in Belfast

Editorial: The Conservative leader is trying to score points by fighting ‘wokeism’, but only confirms that we need the 2010 law

'I remember the old poets used to write about Manila Bay and freedom. It made me think of what and how we now write of the bay and of Metro Manila, the decaying and expanding dominion of capital.'

'He’s never wrong, and always finds a way to interpret his most questionable acts as a decision for the greater good'

There are talks of acquiring a submarine for the Philippine Navy

Our writers weigh in on whether Reform or Labour came out on top in the BBC Question Time debate – tell us what you thought below

Hopefully, the Senate teleserye will make everyone see the glaringly wrong choices that were made, and in 2028 onwards, not commit the same mistakes

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

Nakaalpas si Bato, 'with a little help from his friends'

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.

Of course, we all know that Legarda being composed and Pangilinan being respectful in an already heated session failed to prevent the members of the minority from walking out later that afternoon. But that’s another story.

The Independent 2026 Pride List celebrates some of the LGBTQ+ people making Britain and the world fairer, better and more tolerant

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?

The climate-vulnerable Philippines was among the majority of countries that voted in favor of making countries legally obligated to address climate change, while the world’s biggest historical emitter, the United States, unsurprisingly voted against it

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.

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

Hindi lang ito failure in execution and operational leadership — mukhang failure din ito ng political will

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.

From an institution that was once venerated for the integrity and intelligence of its members, it has degenerated into a literal theater of the absurd

The Feminist Majority Foundation and _Ms._ have partnered with Women's Foundation California to invite you to a national virtual conversation with Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs that turns our attention toward the system that has kept us from achieving true democracy for the last 250 years: patriarchy.

Drawing from her latest book (and _New York Times_ best-seller) _Erased: What American Patriarchy Has…

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.'

While ensuring our safety, our primal instinct was to document everything that happened even if we were in the middle of a Senate shooting. That’s our job as journalists.