From the Camino to open roads of Spain, France
After days of walking the Camino, it was a different kind of pilgrimage, one that allowed us to discover more of the spiritual heritage of…
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Columnists, editorials, guest essays, and letters — Daily Tribune Opinion.
Listen with your heart
The soul has many windows. When one is shut, one or two more open in the name of survival. The soul’s spiritual energy cannot be…
Haunting that never ends
A fair investigation follows the evidence wherever it leads. Has the verdict already been decided before the investigation even begins?
AI does Hugging Face
AI does not need to hold a grudge to be dangerous. It needs powerful tools, a poorly defined goal, and room to improvise.
Being worthy of the work
Public service is not having all the answers. It is being humble enough to admit we fully do not know, having the courage to ask questions,…
Inflation, El Niño and a pesky neighbor
The next year will test whether the Philippines can manage a cost-of-living crisis, a climate shock, and a coercive neighbor at once. Rate…
Do a Guevarra, Darlene
The Bicameral Conference Committee raised the 2024 unprogrammed appropriations from P281.9 billion in the National Expenditure Program to…
With a neighbor like this…
Peace is attained through mutual respect, not a reminder of who would win a war.
Balde vs Davao City‘s bulk water project
Let us stop the shameless claim that this is a Marcos legacy for Davao City. It is not. From conception to inception, the Marcos…
One more behind!
We speak of an eight-hour workday. But how many hours must a worker surrender simply to fulfill those eight hours?
No need to prove the obvious
Requiring petitioners to prove what is already overwhelmingly probable merely imposes unnecessary expense and delay.
Zofia‘s graduation gift
There’s nothing wrong with traveling. If you have the money, earned legitimately, go. Enjoy it. You deserve it.
Beijing‘s quiet grip
The threat is made of ordinary parts, such as shares, contracts, software, and credit, which is why it is so easy to deny and so hard to…
Why the budget is under intense scrutiny
Senate Finance Committee Chair Senator Joseph Victor ‘JV’ Ejercito and Sen. Panfilo Lacson sounded the alarm over the massive P206-billion…
Flawed budgetary legacy
Why did it take a Supreme Court ruling to bring this case the scrutiny it needed? Shouldn’t this level of transparency and diligence be the…
Insecure men
I strongly suspect that for these so-called ‘alpha males’ seeking therapy would be as abhorrent as incorruptible women holding positions of…
Reality bites
The hunger spell is the worst in at least three decades, and the skewed policies behind the ‘no hunger’ promise explain part of the gap.
Please invade us properly
China only has to wait for us to elect somebody willing to give it what a war would cost billions to take.
