Amanah and the Republic
A republic is not governed in theory alone. In our part of the world, imagine it as a balangay: a vessel crossing uncertain waters where every pair of hands…
Aldin Jacinto Ali · · 3 min read
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A republic is not governed in theory alone. In our part of the world, imagine it as a balangay: a vessel crossing uncertain waters where every pair of hands…
Aldin Jacinto Ali · · 3 min read
If we were Bato, we would ask a very simple, very unfair question, ‘President Alan, why was I safer before you helped me?’
DT · · 2 min read
‘A few years ago, I used to catch big fish like captains and catfish but because of the pollution, they’ve moved further out to sea.’
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The UK government said Wednesday that it had eased sanctions on imports of Russian jet fuel and diesel refined in third…
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A South Korean oil tanker is currently passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the country’s top diplomat said on Wednesday, marking…
Agence France-Presse · · 1 min read
New Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair, Sen. Pia Cayetano, on Wednesday broke down in tears after a manifestation by minority Sen. Risa Hontiveros who said…
Raffy Ayeng · · 3 min read
With Pia Cayetano now at the helm of the Blue Ribbon Committee, attention turns to whether the flood control probe will be revived, expanded, or effectively…
Edjen Oliquino · · 3 min read
Tapping costlier diesel-fired power plants during the series of red alerts imposed in Luzon and the Visayas last week could trigger a slight increase in…
Maria Bernadette Romero · · 2 min read
A wave of nostalgia washes over me, of cherished memories associated with rain. Each drop seems to whisper tales of laughter and warmth, transporting me back…
CYNTHIA D. BALANA · · 2 min read
In journalism’s brutal, day-to-day reactions to events, the morbidities and monstrosities of our politics did make their ghostly, fleeting appearances last…
Nick V. Quijano Jr. · · 3 min read
A law without funding is not a law but a mere statement of aspirations that the government has chosen not to honor by marginalizing the Philippine Health…
DT · · 2 min read
As the mandatory 10 calendar days for Vice President Sara Duterte to submit her answers to the Impeachment Court’s summons, Duterte has until 1 June to answer…
Raffy Ayeng · · 1 min read
The new Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair, Senator Pia Cayetano, on Wednesday burst into tears after the manifestation of minority member Senator Risa…
Raffy Ayeng · · 3 min read
Ramallah (AFP) — The son of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Monday said Fatah would prioritize Gaza and return it “to the fold of Palestinian…
Agence France-Presse · · 1 min read
Peter G. Neumann, one of the world’s pioneering computer security researchers and a longtime critic of weak cybersecurity practices, has died at the age of 93.
DT · · 1 min read
Foreign investors watching from Singapore, Tokyo, and Brussels do not parse the internal logic of Philippine factional politics. They see institutional…
DT · · 3 min read
The danger is that the country becomes trapped in a cycle where politics consumes the national attention while governance and economic confidence suffer.
Jose Dominic F. Clavano IV · · 2 min read
The Philippines you love has become harder and harder to embrace because it is run by people who do not love it as much as you do.
Dinah S. Ventura · · 3 min read