Each time a University of the Philippines (UP) student is killed or arrested in a military encounter, I am asked why our classrooms breed radicals. There is nothing wrong with cultivating an ...

The Philippines may soon be among the countries that are prohibiting minors from using social media platforms to protect them from online risks, if such proposals are passed by Congress. Several ...

The story is told about a stewardess who gave a Filipino some chewing gum with a smile, saying “For your ears, so they won’t ...

Public opinion polling, in any given country, is the assessment of the sentiments of the entire population—usually of its ...

It is early Monday morning. Everyone is rushing—to school, to work, to somewhere they cannot afford to be late. I arrived at ...

Those who suffer the most teach us how injustice inflicts deep pain and lasting agony. Those who rise, finding strength in hope, teach us about courage. These are among the lessons we have learned ...

Willy Vicoy Forty years ago, around this time, members of the Philippine and foreign media were in shock and in mourning because of the sudden death of ...

One hundred twenty-eight years ago, the United States Asiatic Squadron under the command of Commodore George Dewey slipped into Manila Bay under the cover of darkness, avoiding fire from the batteries ...

Barely months after the flood corruption scandal broke out, the Marcos administration is facing yet another major test. This time from a global oil crisis as a result of the war in the Middle East.

If elected officials with exact surname are banned (up to 2nd degree of affinity and/or consanguinity), an estimate of 5,763 elected seats out of 17,887 or 32% of seats would be freed. This data is ...

An 80-year-old woman speaks with her son for a few minutes each day through video calls. She has not seen him in some time, ...

The present Middle East conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz underscore how vulnerable Philippine food security remains to external shocks beyond the country’s control. The Strait is not ...