
Our Empty Plates and Their Political Probes
The weary sighs of ordinary Ilonggos are becoming a national chorus. “Even when I budget carefully, food prices take up almost everything I earn in a ...

The weary sighs of ordinary Ilonggos are becoming a national chorus. “Even when I budget carefully, food prices take up almost everything I earn in a ...

When we talk about corruption, our minds often jump to grand scandals: billions of pesos lost, government contracts pocketed, high-profile arrests tha...

The quadrangle of St. Augustine Catholic School in Dumangas carried a quiet buzz of curiosity. Teachers, parents, and classmates settled into their se...

YESTERDAY, I read an online news report addressed to us Filipinos: “Tonight, you can spot Saturn visible in the night sky, as it will be in the opposi...

By Alex P. Vidal “You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.” — Swami Vivekananda THE controversial German philosopher who reportedl...

WHEN Christ said, “No one tears a piece from a new cloak to put it on an old cloak; otherwise, not only will the new one be torn, but the piece taken ...

The Senate inquiry into flood control projects has all the makings of a classic Filipino morality play. It’s got heroes and villains, fiery dialogue, ...

“I wish…I wish I were dead…And what use would that be to anyone?” ―J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows THE daily distress and melanchol...

By Reni M. Valenzuela Take politicians out of the “DPWH mess” investigations. The people are tired of government circus and bedlam. Melodramatic. Delu...