
It is time for the Philippines to decriminalize libel
Earlier this year, the Philippines Supreme Court took a bold step to protect the press by recognizing that ‘the constitutionality of criminalizing lib...

Earlier this year, the Philippines Supreme Court took a bold step to protect the press by recognizing that ‘the constitutionality of criminalizing lib...

With the Philippines again the Covid-19 epicenter of Southeast Asia, and politics heating up ahead of next year’s presidential elections, President Ro...

Naimulat ba ng COVID-19 ang ating mga mata para sa tunay na pagbabago sa pamamaraan ng pamamahala sa Pilipinas? Base sa nakalipas na mga buwan, ang sa...

As my time in the Philippines draws to a close, I consider with hope the future of our bilateral relationship. I smile as I remember how quickly Mani...

Only a quarter of countries worldwide have a national policy, strategy or plan for supporting people with dementia and their families, according to th...

At the height of the pandemic last year, when all focus was on our feeble healthcare system and the even more feeble if not incompetent response of th...

Cabinet men are presidential alter-egos. In their specific portfolios what they say mirrors the president’s words and thoughts. Such equivalence is cr...

Like a bad refrain, strict quarantines were declared again in response to the surge of COVID cases from the highly infectious delta variant. While go...

(The author currently serves as the 11th Chancellor of University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas. This was first published in the June-July 2021 issu...