It’s a story we love to tell ourselves, a piece of comforting folklore we pass on like a treasured heirloom. In Iloilo, we say Guimaras is our shield,...
We all believe in the promise of TESDA. For decades, we’ve held it up as one of the great equalizers in Philippine society—a practical, hands-on ladde...
We all saw the images from Metro Cebu. The heartbreaking photos of families on rooftops in Talisay, Consolacion, and Liloan, waiting for rescue as the...
When a disaster expert tells a vulnerable area it doesn’t need more monitoring equipment, it sounds counter-intuitive, even negligent. Yet, this is pr...
The 15-kilometer stretch of municipal water is not another line on a nautical map. For the two million small-scale fisherfolk in the Philippines – who...
The Iloilo City Council’s unanimous resolution to probe “daylight robberies” in flood control projects is a commendable, if overdue, act of local init...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to slash infrastructure project costs by up to 50 percent across seven key government agencies is a welcome...
A new report from the World Health Organization and UNICEF lands with the force of a global indictment: one in four people on Earth, 2.1 billion souls...
The recent decision of some lawmakers and officials to voluntarily release their Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) is a welcome ...