
Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go called on public officials to prioritize public service over political conflict as he joined residents of Polomolok, South Cotabato…
DT · · 2 min read

Yoon is in detention while he appeals a life sentence for leading an insurrection.
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read

It was thought the street-level symbol of oppression was gone for good; now it is back with a vengeance.
DT · · 2 min read

The Senate Hall, the Batasang Pambansa, the Palace by the River Pasig still stand. But the spirit is gone.
Jun Ledesma · · 3 min read

Administration after administration promised reform. Some delivered progress. Many fell short. Corruption survived.
DT · · 2 min read

Marcos had pledged that 37 lawmakers, government officials and contractors would be in jail by Christmas 2025. Christmas came and went, but the scandal did not.
DT · · 3 min read

The Senate can recover its stature if its members choose dialogue over confrontation and loyalty to the institution over allegiance to factions.
Ed Lacson · · 3 min read

Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso urged young Filipinos on Wednesday to anchor public discourse in evidence and ideas rather than personal attacks,…
Pat C. Santos · · 2 min read

The evil of corruption persists because when the moral majority stay silent, their inaction becomes a structural enabler for this evil to thrive.
Art Besana · · 2 min read

Without accuracy, judgment is impaired. And an impaired judgment leads to intellectual dishonesty and the denial of truth.
Nick V. Quijano Jr. · · 3 min read

Long silence. The nation is weeping now. Not because Win is Chinese. The most painful part was Risa was the last to know.
Vernon Velasco · · 2 min read

Nosy Tarsee has a riddle for you: A prominent politician from a powerful business family with Chinese roots was born in the Philippines when both his parents…
DT · · 3 min read

Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso appealed to national leaders Monday to set aside political rivalries and find common ground to resolve the…
Pat C. Santos · · 1 min read

How do we explain to other nationalities why our political system is this way, let alone to ourselves, who have long allowed it to happen?
DT · · 3 min read

The whispers have graduated into full-blown chatter, and a recent Metro Manila sighting may have just turned speculation into something harder to dismiss.
DT · · 1 min read

Democracies do not erode only when courts are abolished or Congress is shut down. They also erode when institutions remain intact but are used so selectively…
Dennis Coronacion · · 3 min read

A former government official has reinvented herself as a fierce government critic — conveniently forgetting that she was once among its biggest beneficiaries.
Raffy Ayeng · · 2 min read

The Senate should be a forum for reasoned debate, not a stage for play acting or a circus performance under a P. T. Barnum tent.
Ed Lacson · · 3 min read
