Senator Ping Lacson saw it coming. The other day, when he laid out what looked like a hypothetical about Senate leadership and the impeachment math, half the press gallery filed it under speculation. Speculation? More like a preview. He was telling anyone listening what the chamber would look like if
May 13, 2026
Every few months, a fresh wave of fake news sweeps through our Facebook feeds, and the familiar chorus begins: fact-checkers mobilize, media literacy campaigns refresh their decks, and editors write stern pieces about gullibility. The Philippines has been fighting this fight for years. We are not winning and the problem
May 8, 2026
When The Camera Becomes A Weapon There is a peculiar irony at the heart of the social media age. The same technology that democratized speech — that gave ordinary citizens a platform to speak truth to power — has also become the most sophisticated machinery for manufacturing that power’s lies.
May 7, 2026
A discussion paper released in December 2025 by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies should be required reading for every city planner, councilor, and developer in Western Visayas. Titled “Urban Revitalization and Shelter Inadequacy: A Geospatial Analysis,” the study by Jenica A. Ancheta, Marife M. Ballesteros, and Tatum P. Ramos
May 4, 2026
Two public markets in the Visayas – one in Cebu City, the other in Iloilo City – are forcing Filipinos to confront an uncomfortable question: Who is urban development actually for? In Cebu, the Carbon Public Market – historically described as the “heart that pumps financial lifeblood to poor Cebuanos”
April 21, 2026
Somebody went on social media this week and did what has become reflexive for too many public servants in this country: label a news report “fake news” without identifying a single factual error. The report in question, written by Daily Guardian reporter Rjay Zuriaga Castor, covered the City Council’s approval
April 11, 2026
Sara Duterte is still ahead. That much is obvious from WR Numero’s March 2026 Philippine Public Opinion Monitor, where she holds 36 percent – a 3-point bump from November 2025. But fixating on the frontrunner misses what’s actually happening underneath. Raffy Tulfo gained 5 points in the same window. Leni
April 8, 2026
Most consumers do not spend their mornings thinking about the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market, and frankly they should not have to, but when power prices start behaving like a panic trade and fuel shocks abroad begin dictating what Filipinos may pay at home, the jargon suddenly becomes very personal. Think
March 31, 2026