President Marcos designated last week Undersecretary Juan Miguel Cuna as acting secretary of the Department of Environment ...

State visits often carry the dual promise of peace and progress. When two sovereign leaders shake hands and toast glasses—gesturing toward diplomatic ties, negotiations, and partnerships—people ...

There are stories you inherit unwillingly—stories that twist and churn long after they are told. One of mine surfaced when my mother, hands trembling, finally shared a memory she had carried ...

The 2025 to 2026 academic year ends this March for all Philippine schools, and many, if not most, graduates of our public schools will be experiencing what may be once in a blue moon, a high-water ...

Statue? ---------------- The Gospel for today (Matthew 17:1-9) is about Jesus’ transfiguration, when His appearance changed, ...

In any public or private workplace, it is “no work, no pay.” Except if you’re Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa. Just this week, a ...

Life either gives you so much that you have many things to write about, or so overwhelmingly that you cannot write at all because you lack the time and headspace to process it. The fact that I only ...

The Philippines has more than 7,000 islands, and danger does not only come from storms or floods. Threats can also hide in rice fields, forest paths, seawaters, even schools. Snake bites, marine ...

Don’t be surprised if online gambling quietly re-emerges in a new form. Industry sources say several major gaming operators have resumed expansion efforts after an earlier pullback from ...

Three days ago, I posted on Facebook many photographs that I took during the four-day people power and military uprising that began in the late afternoon of Feb. 22, 1986 inside Camp Aguinaldo where ...

Citizens make the ultimate expression of their democratic rights and their nationhood when they cast their votes during elections. In the secrecy of the ballot, they exercise their inherent right to ...